Quality Control by Electrophoretic Monitoring in a Laboratory Colony of Codling Moths12

15 January 1981

journal article
research article
Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Vol. 74 (1) , 20-23
https://doi.org/10.1093/aesa/74.1.20

Abstract

Electrophoretically detected allozymes were used to monitor genetic stability in a newly established colony through 25 generations. Significant allozyme frequency changes occurred at 3 of the 5 loci surveyed. No significant decrease in average heterozygosity with colonization was observed. Four reproductive traits also measured showed no directional changes. Selection at these allozyme loci is suggested as the cause for the gradual genetic changes observed in this colony. These changes may result in decreased performance of individuals released in sterile insect programs.