Horned gena, an atavistic sex-linked dominant mutation in Tribolium confusum.

doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.jhered.a109483

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Horned gena, an atavistic sex-linked dominant mutation in Tribolium confusum.

The Journal of heredity - 1 Jan 2000

Sokoloff A, Papini F, Faustini D

Abstract excerpt

Horned gena (Hg), a sex-linked dominant mutation with semilethal effects in the imago stage, was found in Tribolium confusion. The Hg mutant is characterized by a pair of horns of variable size and shape that arises from the genoclypeal suture in mildly expressed beetles or a more pronounced horn...

Topics

Animals
Biological Evolution
Genes, Dominant
Genetic Linkage
Microscopy, Electron, Scanning
Mutation
Sex Chromosomes
Tribolium

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