The effect of parental traits on the son reproductive performance in high temperature condition | ||
| Egyptian Academic Journal of Biological Sciences. A, Entomology | ||
| Article 4, Volume 5, Issue 2, August 2012, Pages 31-37 PDF (47.61 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/eajbsa.2012.14787 | ||
| Author | ||
| Abolhasan null Rezaei | ||
| Department of Genetics-School of Basic Science, Tonekabon Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tonekabon, Iran | ||
| Abstract | ||
| This study is an investigation of three different ages, 2-3 days aged old (young), 27-28 days aged old (middle) and 52-53 days aged old (high) in male to test influence of aging and temperature on male reproductive performance, female fitness traits and also offspring fitness traits. The male reproductive performance including male mating ability and mating success on the female fitness traits, that were examined patterns of age dependence on the temperature behavior when exposed to high (29°c) temperature. At 29°c, between three ages (young, middle and old) the among of female fecundity and fertility was significantly reduced, compared to normal temperature. There was a significant egg laid and egg hatchability between young, middle and old age females (young>middle>old), also, in females that mated with son flies obtained from male young, middle and old aged, the variation of fecundity and fertility between females was significant, but the among of females fecundity and fertility that were mated with son’s of male middle age was higher than young and old age: (middle>young> old). | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Parental traits; reproductive performance; Drosophila melanogaster; Temperature | ||
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