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Originally published as Genetics Published Articles Ahead of Print on September 2, 2005.
Genetics, Vol. 171, 1989-1998, December 2005, Copyright © 2005
doi:10.1534/genetics.105.042952
Marker-Based Quantitative Genetics in the Wild?: The Heritability and Genetic Correlation of Chemical Defenses in Eucalyptus
R. L. Andrew*,1,
R. Peakall*,
I. R. Wallis*,
J. T. Wood
,
E. J. Knight and
W. J. Foley*
* School of Botany and Zoology and Statistical Consulting Unit, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia
1 Corresponding author: School of Botany and Zoology, Australian National University, Daley Rd., Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia.
E-mail: rose.andrew{at}anu.edu.au
Marker-based methods for estimating heritability and genetic correlation in the wild have attracted interest because traditional methods may be impractical or introduce bias via G x E effects, mating system variation, and sampling effects. However, they have not been widely used, especially in plants. A regression-based approach, which uses a continuous measure of genetic relatedness, promises to be particularly appropriate for use in plants with mixed-mating systems and overlapping generations. Using this method, we found significant narrow-sense heritability of foliar defense chemicals in a natural population of Eucalyptus melliodora. We also demonstrated a genetic basis for the phenotypic correlation underlying an ecological example of conditioned flavor aversion involving different biosynthetic pathways. Our results revealed that heritability estimates depend on the spatial scale of the analysis in a way that offers insight into the distribution of genetic and environmental variance. This study is the first to successfully use a marker-based method to measure quantitative genetic parameters in a tree. We suggest that this method will prove to be a useful tool in other studies and offer some recommendations for future applications of the method.
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