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PIGMENT MUTATIONS IN TETRANYCHUS PACIFICUS
Author(s) -
ZON A. Q.,
HELLE W.
Publication year - 1966
Publication title -
entomologia experimentalis et applicata
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.765
H-Index - 83
eISSN - 1570-7458
pISSN - 0013-8703
DOI - 10.1111/j.1570-7458.1966.tb00998.x
Subject(s) - biology , genetics , mendelian inheritance , albinism , mutant , eye color , gene , phenotype , population , pigment , white (mutation) , zoology , organic chemistry , chemistry , demography , sociology
After the discovery of a recessive gene for albinism in Tetranychus pacificus McGregor ( van Z on & H elle , 1966a), a number of other mutants have been detected in the same population. All these mutants were variants of the eye pigmentation pattern. Two of these mutants met the standard requirements of a phenotypical suitability for linkage studies, with respect to localization of resistance genes (cf. VAN ZON & HELLE, 1966b). A description of these two new markers is presented in this communication. “WHITE EYE” The pigmentation of the two pairs of eyes on the propodosoma is lacking. Apparently the eye pigment is absent. The haemolymph pigmentation is more intense as compared with the pigmentation of the wild type. From mendelian crossings it became clear that “white eye” is caused by a recessive gene (indicated as we ). “STORK”