Interspecific Hybridization and Gynogenesis in Mealy Bugs

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Abstract
In mealy bug males, the paternal set of chromosomes becomes heterochromatic during early development and is largely inert genetically. Nonetheless, the heterochromatic set of one species cannot be substituted for that of another. Gynogenesis following matings with heavily irradiated males occurs only in one of the three species tested.