Inheritance of Autogeny in the Aedes Scutellaris Subgroup of Mosquitoes1
- 10 September 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Medical Entomology
- Vol. 13 (2) , 193-197
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jmedent/13.2.193
Abstract
Three autogenous populations [Aedes cooki, Ae. sp. (Tafahi), and Ae. sp. (Niuafo'ou)] and 2 anautogenous populations (Ae. polynesiensis and Ae. pseudoscutellaris) were crossed to determine the mode of inheritance of autogeny in the AEDES SCUTELLARIS subgroup. Females of Aedes sp. (Tafahi) and Ae. cooki, when mated with Ae. pseudoscutellaris males, produced F1, F2 and barkcross progeny in which ratios for autogeny were statistically compatible with the hypothesis of a single dominant autosomal gene for autogeny. However, in the cross between Ae. pseudoscutellaris females and Ae. cooki males, and in that between Ae. sp. (Niuafo'ou) females and A. pseudoscutellaris males, the F1, F2 and backcross progeny showed autogeny ratios that did not support the single factor hypothesis. The latter also was true of progeny resulting from crosses between females each of Ae. sp. (Tafahi), Ae. cooki, and Ae. sp. (Niuafo'ou), and Ae. polynesiensis males. These results appear to support the hypothesis that several alleles contribute varying degrees of autogeny.This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: