QUANTITATIVE GENETICS OF SIZE, SHAPE, LIFE-HISTORY, AND FRUIT CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SEED HETEROMORPHIC COMPOSITE HETEROSPERMA PINNATUM. II. CORRELATION STRUCTURE

D. Lawrence Venable,

D. Lawrence Venable

Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 85721 USA

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M. Alberto Búrquez,

M. Alberto Búrquez

Centro de Ecología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, 04510 MÉXICO

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D. Lawrence Venable,

D. Lawrence Venable

Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 85721 USA

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M. Alberto Búrquez,

M. Alberto Búrquez

Centro de Ecología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, 04510 MÉXICO

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First published: November 1990

https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1558-5646.1990.tb05246.x

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Abstract

We have investigated phenotypic, environmental, within-population broad-sense genetic correlations and among-population genetic correlations for 17 traits in six populations of Heterosperma pinnatum Cav. (Compositae) grown in the greenhouse. The within-population genetic, environmental, and phenotypic correlations were somewhat similar while the among-population genetic correlations showed little correspondence to these. The different correlation matrices were compared to a hypothesis matrix, which predicted higher correlations for groups of functionally and developmentally related traits. The groups were seed and head traits, size and shape traits, and life history traits, with subgroups predicted to have still higher correlations. The phenotypic and environmental matrices corresponded well to the hypothesis matrix, the within-population broad-sense genetic matrix showed weaker, though still significant, correspondence, and the among-population genetic correlations showed no correspondence. Genetic correlations did not differ significantly among populations, though the power of these comparisons was low. Some particular genetic correlations are discussed as possible examples of adaptive correlations (e.g., a negative correlation between dispersal and dormancy) and as examples of developmental or physiological constraints including life-history tradeoffs.

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