Linkage of the reindeer and alate prothorax loci and sex differences in recombination frequency in linkage group IX of Tribolium castaneum

1985 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 276-278
Author(s):  
Peter S. Dawson ◽  
Kelly L. Berends

Reindeer (Rd), an autosomal dominant mutant in the flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum, is located in linkage group IX. Recombination between Rd and alate prothorax occurs more frequently in males than in females. Linkage group IX appears to be the third linkage group for which recombination frequency is greater in males for one region and in females for another region of the chromosome.Key words: Tribolium, linkage.

1977 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 259-263 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander Sokoloff

The relative position of the genes black (b), light ocular diaphragm (lod) and aureate (au) for the third linkage group of T. castaneum (Herbst) (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae) has been determined as b – lod – au. The distances between the various genes vary, depending on the cross. The b++/+ lod au ♂ × + lod au/+ lod au ♀ crosses give the following recombination values: au – lod = 18.32 ± 1.21%; b – lod = 21.05 ± 1.51% and b – au = 37.43 ± 1.27%. The reciprocal crosses give au – lod = 27.67 ± 1.62%; b – lod = 13.97 ± 1.26% and b – au = 39.79 ± 1.78%. For the larger distances encompassed in the b – au region the recombination values in the two sexes were not significantly different. For the shorter b – lod region the recombination values were significantly larger in the females than in the males, while for the adjacent lod – au region the opposite was true. On the basis of the current literature it would appear that the main factors contributing to these sex differences in recombination are the modifiers which are different in the genetic background of the two sexes.


1984 ◽  
Vol 26 (6) ◽  
pp. 762-764 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter S. Dawson

Reindeer (Rd) is a dominant mutation affecting antenna morphology in the tenebrionid flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum. In contrast with most dominant mutants previously described for this species, homozygotes are fully viable, thus making Rd very useful for genetic studies. Rd is tentatively assigned to either linkage group IX or X. Abbreviated appendages (aa), formerly placed in linkage group X, is reassigned to linkage group V on the basis of demonstrated linkage to jet (j).Key words: Tribolium, mutation Rd, linkage, antenna morphology.


1978 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 139-145 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric Brown ◽  
Alexander Sokoloff

Charcoal, (Chr), an autosomal dominant with recessive lethal effects is located in linkage group III in Tribolium castaneum (Herbst). Its map position has been determined in respect to aureate (au), light ocular diaphragm (lod) and black (b). The distances between the various genes vary, depending on the sex of the cross. The Chr ++/+ lod au ♂ × +lod au/+lod au ♀ crosses give the following recombination values: au-lod = 22.19 ±.42%, Chr-lod = 20.03 ±.40% and Chr-au = 41.28 ±.49%. The reciprocal crosses give au-lod 28.08 ±.45%, Chr-lod = 17.67 ±.38% and Chr-au = 44.11 ±.50%. For the larger distances encompassed by the Chr-au region the recombination values in the two sexes were not significantly different. For the shorter distances the recombination values were significantly higher in the males than in the females in the au-lod region. They were not found to be significantly different in the Chr-lod region probably because of difficulty in identifying lod and non-lod beetles in the presence of Chr. Tests of allelism indicate that Chr and black b are pseudoalleles which recombine at a different rate in the two sexes. Chr +/+b ♂ × +b/+b ♀ gave 0.07% recombinants, while the reciprocal cross gave 0.014% recombinants, a significant difference. The data suggest that the order of the genes in this linkage group is Chr - b - lod - au.


1972 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 675-680 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter S. Dawson

A new recessive eye color mutant, hazel, of the flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum, has been mapped in linkage group IV near the white locus, thus establishing the existence of a fourth pair of closely linked eye color genes in this species. A revision of linkage group IV is proposed.


1962 ◽  
Vol 96 (888) ◽  
pp. 186-188 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eliot Krause ◽  
Doris Shideler ◽  
A. E. Bell

1971 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 801-810 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter S. Dawson

A new sex-linked mutation in the flour beetle Tribolium castaneum is described and illustrated. Blob (bb), an antennal mutant, is located near the far right end of the known linkage map of the X chromosome. It is recessive, with incomplete penetrance and variable expressivity, and fails to exhibit dosage compensation. The expression of bb is discussed in relationship to models of antennal development in this species. Apparent rediscovery of the pegleg mutation has confirmed a previous report on the linkage relationships of pearl and pegleg in linkage group II.


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