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Single gene controlling black eyes found from the intercross of two yellow‐eyed strains of Heliothis virescens
Author(s) -
Cho SaeYoull,
Payne Gregory T.,
Brown Thomas M.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
genesis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.093
H-Index - 110
eISSN - 1526-968X
pISSN - 1526-954X
DOI - 10.1002/gene.10191
Subject(s) - heliothis virescens , heliothis , biology , genetics , gene , botany , noctuidae , lepidoptera genitalia
Summary: Black eyes of the moth of Heliothis virescens were controlled by a single, autosomal recessive gene, b . Black‐eyed moths were discovered among progeny in an outcross made to test for allelism of two known genes ye , conferring yellow eyes, and yes , conferring yellow eyes and scales. Complementation to the wildtype gray eye color was observed in 686 (99.1%) of the progeny; however, six progeny of one mating exhibited the new phenotype, black eyes. Two black‐eyed females mated to a wildtype sibling produced descendents displaying golden eyes, striped eye, purple eyes, white eyes, and “cat's” eyes. No black‐eyed progeny were observed in the F2 generation of lines segregating for y , ye , and yes , confirming that black eye was not a combination of those other genes. These newly discovered genes could be useful in basic studies of developmental genetics or in applied transgenesis. genesis 36:34–39, 2003. © 2003 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.