Open AccessINHERITANCE OF THE COLOUR PATTERN POLYMORPHISM IN THE WINGLESS GRASSHOPPER PHAULACRIDIUM VITTATUM SJÖSTEDT (ORTHOPTERA: ACRIDIDAE)
Author(s) -
Dearn John M.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
australian journal of entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1440-6055
pISSN - 1326-6756
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-6055.1983.tb01879.x
Subject(s) - grasshopper , acrididae , biology , allele , orthoptera , acridoidea , phenotype , locus (genetics) , genetics , zoology , ecology , gene
The inheritance of the incomplete‐striped colour pattern morph in the wingless grasshopper. Phaulacridium vittatum , was studied by crossing incomplete‐striped individuals to both plain and striped individuals. The results are compatible with the incomplete‐striped morph being determined by an allele termed C I at the same locus that determines the plain and striped phenotypes. The C I allele appears to be recessive to the allele determining the striped phenotype (C s ) and dominant to the allele determining the plain phenotype (C p ).