Santa Cruz Island Reserve

03 Jul, 02 AM - 03 Jul, 09 AM

The genetic architecture of a population is partly dependent upon the gene frequencies in that population. In a metapopulation, habitat patches may be colonized by migrants from more than one sub-population. In this case, the genetic architecture of the newly founded sub-population will contain characteristics of all founding populations' genetic architectures. This new mix of alleles will also alter the gene frequencies, which in turn affects the genetic architecture. Therefore, it is imperative to understand how genetic architectures might change, based upon the context dependence of alleles in each sub-population's genetic architecture. We are striving to understand how the underlying genetic architecture of adaptive traits may vary among populations of the water strider, Aquarius remigis. To do this, we will be collecting water striders from 3 different populations, crossing them to one another, and analyzing the inheritance of morphological trait sizes in the hybrid offspring.

Visit #21553 @Santa Cruz Island Reserve

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Under Project # 21819 | Research

Evolutionary Genetics of the water strider, Aquarius remigis

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