Abstract
Selection on the basis of crossbred performance (RRS) was compared for 11 generations to within-line selection based on purebred performance (WLS) for a heterotic trait, 13-day larval weight in Tribolium populations previously subjected to 30 generations of purebred selection. RRS crossbreds gained slightly less than crossbreds of WLS populations. RRS purebreds showed a much smaller composite populations were greater than those observed for the continued populations. A model for the genetic control of larval weight is suggested in which there are both dominant and overdominant loci and homozygotes are less fit than heterozygotes.
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