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John K Kelly1

  • 1Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, 1200 Sunnyside Avenue, Lawrence, KS 66045, USA. jkk@ku.edu

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|June 10, 2005
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Epistasis significantly impacts floral traits and male fitness in Mimulus guttatus. Synergistic epistasis, an accelerating fitness decline with inbreeding, was observed for male fitness but not for floral traits.

Area of Science:

  • Evolutionary biology
  • Quantitative genetics
  • Plant reproductive strategies

Background:

  • Epistasis, gene interactions, is crucial for understanding complex traits.
  • Intrapopulation variation in floral morphology, development time, and fitness is significant.
  • Previous methods for estimating epistasis had limitations.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To quantify the contribution of epistasis to variation in floral morphology, development time, and male fitness in Mimulus guttatus.
  • To investigate the presence and nature of epistasis, including synergistic epistasis, in these traits.
  • To compare the power of line-cross designs with traditional variance partitioning methods.

Main Methods:

  • A replicated line-cross experiment was conducted with over 7000 Mimulus guttatus plants.

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  • Estimates for means were used in the line-cross methodology.
  • Breeding design was replicated across many pairs of randomly extracted, inbred lines.

    • Main Results:

    • Epistasis significantly contributes to variation in floral morphology, development time, and male fitness components.
    • Synergistic epistasis was detected in male fitness, indicating an accelerating decline with inbreeding.
    • Floral morphology and development time showed evidence of epistasis but not synergism.

    Conclusions:

    • Epistasis plays a substantial role in shaping quantitative traits in Mimulus guttatus.
    • Synergistic epistasis in male fitness has implications for the evolutionary maintenance of sexual reproduction.
    • Epistatic effects for floral traits may vary across genetic backgrounds or interacting loci.