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Occurrence and genetics of black‐eyed migratory locusts, L ocusta migratoria ( O rthoptera: A crididae)
Author(s) -
Nishide Yudai,
Tanaka Seiji
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
entomological science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.536
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 1479-8298
pISSN - 1343-8786
DOI - 10.1111/ens.12161
Subject(s) - biology , white (mutation) , wing , trait , anatomy , zoology , botany , genetics , gene , computer science , programming language , engineering , aerospace engineering
Black‐eyed L ocusta migratoria appeared in albino locusts as a result of crossing between a short‐winged strain originating from T sushima I sland, J apan, and an albino strain originating from O kinawa I sland. The black eye trait was recessive to the white eye trait because the crosses between black‐ and white‐eyed albino locusts produced only individuals with white eyes in the F 1 generation. In the F 2 generation, black‐ and white‐eyed individuals appeared in a ratio of 1:3, indicating that the black eye trait was controlled by a simple M endelian unit. The black eye trait showed no genetic association with other traits including wing morph, adult body dimensions and classical morphometric ratios such as hind femur length / head width and forewing length / hind femur length.