Segregation-distortion in the B-chromosome system ofTettigidea lateralis (say) (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae) |
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Authors: | P. G. Fontana V. R. Vickery |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Entomology and Lyman Entomological Museum and Research Laboratory, Macdonald Campus of McGill University, Ste. Anne de Bellevue, Quebec, Canada |
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Abstract: | A marginal population ofTettigidea lateralis was found to be polymorphic with respect to a large, mitotically stable supernumerary (B) chromosome. Male and female individuals may carry one or two B-chromosomes. In the male sex the frequency of individuals with one B was 33.8% whereas that of 2B-carriers was 2.9 %. A comparison with a small sample of female individuals suggests similar frequencies of B-chromosome carriers in the two sexes. The pycnocity cycle of the B's is virtually identical to that of the X chromosome which is always distinguishable by virtue of its larger size and other structural details. Persistent heterochromatic associations between the B and the X, which may last until metaphaseanaphase I, lead to a preferential migration of the B with the X to the same pole in male carriers of a single supernumerary. This distortional segregation of the B-chromosome may produce a differential transmission of the supernumerary to the two sexes if the various types of gametes are equally functional. Achiasmate, persistent B-B associations in 2B individuals can also cause segregation-distortion. The two supernumeraries segregate to the same pole in approximately 1/3 of the spermatocytes, but their poleward movement relative to that of the X is random. Both –B and +B individuals show only a single chiasma per individual bivalent. However, the presence of a single B raises very significantly the frequency at which the chiasma forms at the extreme distal ends of the L1-L2 and M3-M4 autosomes. The effect on recombination exerted by the supernumeraries and the possible implications of the segregation-distortion system ofT. lateralis are discussed in the light of recent studies on comparable B-chromosome polymorphisms.Research supported by N.R.C. of Canada. |
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