A sex-linked locus controls wing polymorphism in males of the pea aphid, Acyrthosiphon pisum (Harris).

doi:10.1038/sj.hdy.6800146

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A sex-linked locus controls wing polymorphism in males of the pea aphid, Acyrthosiphon pisum (Harris).

Heredity - 1 Nov 2002

Caillaud M C, Boutin M, Braendle C, Simon J-C

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Discrete variation in wing morphology is a very common phenomenon in insects and has been used extensively in the past 50 years as a model to study the ecology and evolution of dispersal. Wing morph determination can be purely genetic, purely environmental, or some combination of the two. The precise genetic determinants of genetically based wing morph variation are unknown. Here we explore the genetic basis of...

Topics

Alleles
Animals
Aphids
Body Patterning
Crosses, Genetic
Female
Genetic Linkage
Genetic Markers
Genetic Variation
Male
Microsatellite Repeats
Morphogenesis
Pisum sativum
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Polymorphism, Genetic
Wings, Animal
X Chromosome

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PMID: 12399992
DOI: 10.1038/sj.hdy.6800146

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