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Genetics, Vol 137, 211-220, Copyright © 1994
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Quantitative Genetics of Sex Ratio Traits in the Parasitic Wasp, Nasonia vitripennis
S. H. Orzack and J. Gladstone
Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Chicago, 1101 East 57th Street, Chicago, Illinois 60637
We detected significant parent-offspring regressions for the first sex ratio (the sex ratio produced by a female in a fresh host) and the second sex ratio (the sex ratio produced by a female in a previously parasitized host) in the parasitic wasp, Nasonia vitripennis. For both traits, estimates of the narrow-sense heritability range from {complex}0.05 to {complex}0.15 (depending on how the data are analyzed). The study population was derived from isofemale strains created from wasps captured in a single bird nest. The same population exhibited no significant parent-offspring regression for the brood sizes associated with the first and second sex ratios. There may be a significant negative parent-offspring regression for diapause proportion in the first sex ratio broods. The estimates of the genetic correlations between first and second sex ratios are positive although almost all are not significantly different from 0.0. To our knowledge, this study is the first ``fine-scale'' analysis of genetic variation for sex ratio traits in any species of insect. Such studies are an essential part of the assessment of the validity of claims that sex ratio traits are locally optimal.
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