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  • Title: The effect of inbreeding on fluctuating asymmetry of wing veins in two laboratory strains of Drosophila melanogaster.
    Author: Carter AJ, Weier TM, Houle D.
    Journal: Heredity (Edinb); 2009 Jun; 102(6):563-72. PubMed ID: 19277055.
    Abstract:
    Many authors have proposed that inbreeding destabilizes developmental processes. This destabilization may be reflected by increased fluctuating asymmetry (FA) in inbred compared to relatively outbred populations, but many studies have failed to find such differences. We measured the left and right wings of a large number of individual Drosophila melanogaster from two genetically distinct populations to estimate changes in FA caused by inbreeding. The large sample size and experimental design allowed removal of potentially confounding directional asymmetry (DA) and measurement error terms. Trait means in the two populations were essentially unchanged by inbreeding (less than 0.5% smaller in both populations). Inbred lines showed higher signed FA variances (16 and 38% higher, significantly so in one population) and higher unsigned FA means (3.7 and 13.2%, significantly increased in one population). Significant DA was found in both populations, although the pattern differed between populations. DA did not change due to inbreeding.
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