PENETRANCE AND EXPRESSIVITY OF THE GOLD ALLELE IN AEDES AEGYPTI (L.)
- 1 September 1964
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Canadian Science Publishing in Canadian Journal of Genetics and Cytology
- Vol. 6 (3) , 288-292
- https://doi.org/10.1139/g64-037
Abstract
Crosses involving strains of Aedes aegypti which bred true for pale gold mesonota and for dark mesonota indicated that gold scaling on the mesonotum is mainly controlled by a single factor Gold with almost full penetrance in female heterozygotes and low penetrance in male heterozygotes. Gold is useful as a genetic marker when scored in the female offspring of segregating generations. The diagnostic feature of Gold in female heterozygotes is the presence of gold scaling in the region just dorsal to the mesepimeron and posterior-lateral to the bend in the lyre-shaped white marking.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
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- Genetic Variability in Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) I. Mutations Affecting Color Pattern1Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 1962