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Keywords:

cladocera, daphnia-magna, crosses, genetics, phototaxis, vertical migration, straus, parthenogenesis, heterogeneity, heritability, photoperiod, populations, phenotypes, Science & Technology, Life Sciences & Biomedicine, Marine & Freshwater Biology, CLADOCERA, DAPHNIA-MAGNA, CROSSES, GENETICS, PHOTOTAXIS, VERTICAL MIGRATION, STRAUS, PARTHENOGENESIS, HETEROGENEITY, HERITABILITY, PHOTOPERIOD, POPULATIONS, PHENOTYPES, 04 Earth Sciences, 05 Environmental Sciences, 06 Biological Sciences, Marine Biology & Hydrobiology, 31 Biological sciences, 37 Earth sciences, 41 Environmental sciences

Abstract:

Daphnia magna clones, isolated from different natural populations, were inbred and crossbred. Some aspects of the heredity of the phototactic behaviour, quantified by an index, were analysed. Heritability in the broad sense was determined for several assemblages of clones through calculation of the clonal repeatability. Heritability sensu strictu was determined by offspring-parent regressions. Frequency distributions of a phototactic index of several inbred and crossbred families are given.