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Eye colour as a genetic marker for fertility and fecundity of Triatoma infestans (Klug, 1834) Hemiptera, Reduviidae, Triatominae.
Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz - 1 Jul 2002
Pires Herton Helder Rocha, Abrao Daniele Oliveira, Machado Evandro Marques de Menezes, Schofield Christopher John, Diotaiuti Liléia
Abstract excerpt
Eye colour of Triatoma infestans is controlled at a single autosomal locus, with black-eye as the dominant gene and red-eye as the recessive. Inheritance of these characters follows a classical Mendelian system, enabling eye colour to be used as a marker for studies of mating frequency. We found no significant differences in oviposition rates and egg hatching rates irrespective of parental phenotypes. Different...
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