SELF-SEXING STRAIN OF CERATITIS-CAPITATA (DIPTERA, TEPHRITIDAE) BASEDON A GENE THAT AFFECTS THE RATE OF DEVELOPMENT

Authors
CLADERA JL
Citation
Jl. Cladera, SELF-SEXING STRAIN OF CERATITIS-CAPITATA (DIPTERA, TEPHRITIDAE) BASEDON A GENE THAT AFFECTS THE RATE OF DEVELOPMENT, Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 88(3), 1995, pp. 353-356
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Entomology
Journal title
Annals of the Entomological Society of America → ACNP
ISSN journal
00138746
Volume
88
Issue
3
Year of publication
1995
Pages
353 - 356
Database
ISI
SICI code
0013-8746(1995)88:3<353:SSOC(T>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
A mutation causing slower than normal development in the Mediterranean fruit By, Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann), is described. The mutation was mapped in relation to known genetic markers. By using a Y-autosome translocation, a strain of flies with female limited inheritance of t he slow-development trait was obtained. The potential usefulness of ge nes causing alterations on the rate of development for the constructio n of self-sexing strains is briefly discussed.