«IZVESTIYA IRKUTSKOGO GOSUDARSTVENNOGO UNIVERSITETA». SERIYA «BIOLOGIYA. ECOLOGIYA»
«THE BULLETIN OF IRKUTSK STATE UNIVERSITY». SERIES «BIOLOGY. ECOLOGY»
ISSN 2073-3372 (Print)

List of issues > Series «Biology. Ecology». 2009. Vol. 2

Seasonal dynamics of the asymmetry on meristic morphological characters in the natural Drosophila population

Author(s)
E. L. Ermakov, D. E. Gavrikov, G. V. Grechanyi
Abstract

Seasonal dynamics of amount of asymmetric individuals on sternopleural bristles (SB) and arista branches (AB) numbes was investigated. It was shown, that this value increased from spring to summer and decreased from summer to autumn. Statistically significant negative correlation between of amount of AB-asymmetric individuals and number of AB, and positive one between asymmetry and variability of number of AB was obtain. Seasonal dynamics of amount of asymmetric individuals determined by dynamics of phenotypic structure it on both meristic characters, it is has been proposed possible action of natural selection.

Keywords
sternopleural bristles, arista branches, phenotypic structure, asymmetry, drosophila, natural population, morphological characters
UDC
575.23582.951.4

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