MUTANTS OF THE PARASITIC WASP DAHLBOMINUS FUSCIPENNIS (ZETT.) (HYMENOPTERA: EULOPHIDAE)
- 1 December 1964
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Canadian Science Publishing in Canadian Journal of Genetics and Cytology
- Vol. 6 (4) , 453-466
- https://doi.org/10.1139/g64-059
Abstract
The main phenotypic effects of 12 visible mutants in the arrhenotokous wasp Dahlbominus fuscipennis (Zett.) (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) are reported. All but 2 of the mutations occurred among haploid males following irradiation of wild females, the others during pedigree breeding of irradiated stock. Eight of the mutations affected pigmentation of the eyes or body, 3 produced morphological abnormalities in the wings and antennae and one reversed the sex ratio. All but the last were controlled by recessive factors, each of which has been assigned a name and symbol. The sex reversing factor was dominant and sex-limited, being transmitted by females to their sons. Although tests for linkages are not complete, initial crosses between 4 of the "bright" eye colors and the wing mutations showed that segregation was independent, indicating that these arose as separate mutations.Keywords
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