Title:	Natural selection and family x location interaction in the common (dry) bean plant.
Authors:	PIROLA, L. H. RAMALHO, M. A. P. CARNEIRO, J. E. S. ABREU, A. de F. B.
Affiliation:	LUIS HENRIQUE PIROLA, UFLA; MAGNO ANTONIO PATTO RAMALHO, UFLA; JOSE EUSTAQUIO DE S. CARNEIRO, UFV; ANGELA DE FATIMA BARBOSA ABREU, CNPAF.
Date Issued:	2002
Citation:	Genetics and Molecular Biology, v. 25, n. 3, p. 343-347, 2002.
Description:	Natural selection takes place while advancing generations of segregant populations of self pollinating species by the population (bulk) method. There is evidence that it maintains the individuals with greater grain yield. The question arises whether natural selection preserves the individuals which are more adapted only to the environment where the generation advance occurred, that is, if it contributes to increasing the genotype x environment interaction in the family assessment. This study was carried out to check this hypothesis in the common bean plant using families derived from a segregating population from a cross between the Carioca MG x ESAL 686 cultivars. The segregating populations increase in homozygosity was obtained by the population (bulk) method until the F14 generation, in three distinct locations in Minas Gerais state: Lavras, Lambari and Patos de Minas. Forty-seven F14:15 families were randomly taken from the population in each location and later multiplied to obtain F14:16 families. These families were jointly assessed with three controls using a triple 12 x 12 lattice design in the three locations of generation advance in the wet season of 1998/1999. All the estimated parameters showed that while advancing segregant populations by the population (bulk) method, natural selection acted to preserve the individuals which are more adapted to the environment in which they were advanced.
Thesagro:	Feijão Genética Genótipo Phaseolus Vulgaris
Keywords:	Seleção natural
ISSN:	1678-4685
DOI:	10.1590/S1415-47572002000300016
Type of Material:	Artigo de periódico
Access:	openAccess
Appears in Collections:	Artigo em periódico indexado (CNPAF)