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Stability and genetic basis of variability of phally polymorphism in natural populations of the self-fertile freshwater snail Bulinus truncatus

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 April 2009

Claudie Doums ,
Rabiou Labbo  and
Philippe Jarne
Claudie Doums*
Affiliation:
Génétique et Environnement CC065, Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution, Université Montpellier II, Place Eugéne Bataillon, 34095, Montpellier cedex 5, France
Rabiou Labbo
Affiliation:
OCCGE, Niamey, Niger
Philippe Jarne
Affiliation:
Génétique et Environnement CC065, Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution, Université Montpellier II, Place Eugéne Bataillon, 34095, Montpellier cedex 5, France
*
* Corresponding author.
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We investigated the genetic variability for phally polymorphism within and between natural populations of the hermaphrodite self-fertile freshwater snail Bulinus truncatus. Phally polymorphism is characterized by the co-occurrence in natural populations of regular hermaphrodite individuals (euphallic) and individuals deprived of the male copulatory organ (aphallic). The two morphs can both self-fertilize and outcross. However, aphallic individuals cannot outcross as males. We examined the variation of the aphally ratio in 22 natural populations from Niger over two successive years. During the second years, populations were sampled three times at 3 week intervals. The aphally ratio was highly variable among populations at a given sampling data and remained relatively stable over time. For 10 of these populations, one population from Corsica and two from Sardinia, we also estimated the between- and within- population variability, analysing the aphally ratio of 346 families under laboratory conditions. The aphally ratio varied significantly among populations and was highly correlated with the aphally ratio of the natural populations. Some within-population variability, associated with a high value of the broad sense heritability, was observed in four populations out of 13. In these populations, aphallic individuals produced significantly more aphallic offspring than euphallic individuals. Our results indicate a strong genetic basis for aphally, with large genetic differences among populations and some genetic variability for aphally within populations. We discuss the adaptive and stochastic factors that may shape the distribution of the genetic variability for aphally.

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Research Article
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Genetics Research , Volume 68 , Issue 1 , August 1996 , pp. 23 - 33
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1996

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