Traits subject to ecological selection (such as morphometric traits that influence feeding behavior or locomotion) should correlate with variation in the physical environment.
The MANOVA analysis for morphometric traits from plants measured in laboratory such as leaf area, leaf length, average and maximum width of leaf, leaves, roots and stems dry weights showed significant differences between sample populations (Wilks = 0.036, F = 3.64, p = 0.01).
These results suggest that ecological selection has acted on these traits to create geographic variation that is independent of subspecies identity, such that individuals exhibit morphometric traits that are adapted to the local environment.
Based on the aforementioned lack of biological information such as knowledge of morphometric traits, and the relatively little research available, the objective of this study was to analyze three populations of wild C. annuum growing near two biosphere reserves in Baja California Sur, Mexico.
Heritabilities for the morphometric traits were moderate to high (0.24 0.58), with genetic and phenotypic correlations between the traits generally very high.
So the present study was designed to assess genetic diversity for morphometric traits and root textural quality parameters among two morphologically distinct groups: Poshita and Nagore.
Moreover, by analyzing the correlations of left-right asymmetries of morphometric traits, it is possible to delimit the spatial extent of developmental modules.
Other traits such as the panicle length were also remarkably different from the control.
"Active traits included both positive traits, such as extroverted and self-confident, and negative traits, such as irritable and quarrelsome," she says.
