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Cream and albinotic – two new mutations affecting body colour in Pyrrhocoris apterus (Heteroptera: Pyrrhocoridae)
- 1.0354925 - BC 2011 RIV CZ eng J - Journal Article
Socha, Radomír
Cream and albinotic – two new mutations affecting body colour in Pyrrhocoris apterus (Heteroptera: Pyrrhocoridae).
European Journal of Entomology. Roč. 108, č. 1 (2011), s. 17-24. ISSN 1210-5759. E-ISSN 1802-8829
R&D Projects: GA ČR GAP501/10/1215
Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z50070508
Keywords : firebug * body-colour mutants * albinotic
Subject RIV: EB - Genetics ; Molecular Biology
Impact factor: 1.061, year: 2011
http://www.eje.cz/scripts/viewabstract.php?abstract=1582
Two new body-colour mutations, albinotic (alb) and cream (cr) were isolated and described for the firebug P. apterus. The body colour of alb mutants is white and that of cr mutants creamy yellow. Thus, the red pigment in epidermal cells of the mutant individuals is inhibited. Standard genetic analyses showed that both these mutations are inherited as autosomal recessives and exhibit complete penetrance and uniform expression in both sexes. The fertility of the alb and cr homozygous females and fertilization success of the alb and cr homozygous males were substantially lower than those of wild-type bugs.
Permanent Link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0006283
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