Journals / Turkish Journal of Zoology / 1999 / Cilt: 23 - Sayı: 1

Competition Between Strains With Autosomal and Standard Sex-determining Mechanisms in the Housefly (Muscidae)

Pages
79–84
DOI
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Abstract

Experimental cages started with a mixture of flies at three different ratios (1:9, 5:5, 9:1) from populations having heterosomal and autosomal sex-determining mechanisms were cytogenetically examined over six generations at two different temperatures (25 °C and 35 °C). In general, there was an increase in the frequency of XX males in all competitive population cages. Abnormal testes and intersex appearance, frequent X chromosome aneuploidies and deviation from a 1:1 sex ratio were observed.

Özet

Experimental cages started with a mixture of flies at three different ratios (1:9, 5:5, 9:1) from populations having heterosomal and autosomal sex-determining mechanisms were cytogenetically examined over six generations at two different temperatures (25 °C and 35 °C). In general, there was an increase in the frequency of XX males in all competitive population cages. Abnormal testes and intersex appearance, frequent X chromosome aneuploidies and deviation from a 1:1 sex ratio were observed.

Keywords: Musca domestica L. Competition, cytogenetics, autosomal sex-determining mechanism, evolution.