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Genesis of the reproductive system of mosquitoes. III. Supernumerary male genitalia
Author(s) -
Voorhees Frank Ray,
Horsfall William R.
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
journal of morphology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.652
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1097-4687
pISSN - 0362-2525
DOI - 10.1002/jmor.1051330404
Subject(s) - biology , primordium , imaginal disc , supernumerary , anatomy , genetics , drosophila melanogaster , gene
Abstract The origin of supernumerary gonapophyses in a polymorphic variant of Aedes stimulans has been determined histologically. Genotypic males ( Mm ) will develop gonapophyses on abdominal segment 8 when primordia on the larvae are subjected to a high‐to‐low thermal regimen. The gonapophyses develop from the normally evanescent podal buds of the eighth imaginal disc. Their course of development is similar to that of the normal gonapophyses that arise from the podal buds of the ninth imaginal disc.