Inheritance Of Dark Head And Siphon In The Larvae Of Culex Quinqefasciatus Say | ||
The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine | ||
Article 10, Volume 20, Issue 1, July 2005, Pages 94-99 PDF (258.96 K) | ||
Document Type: Original Article | ||
DOI: 10.21608/ejhm.2005.18097 | ||
Authors | ||
Badiaُ a M. Al-chalabi; Ibrahim A. Ghaweel | ||
Department of Environment – Public Health Faculty – Garyounis University, Libya | ||
Abstract | ||
A new spontaneous mutation (dh) is described for Culex quinquefasciatus Say . This phenotype was observed in the second generation to cause complete coloration of the head capsule and the siphon of the larvae . This character is mainly detectable in the larval stage and slightly in the adult stage . The reciprocal mass matings between mutants from F2 generation and normal wild type sibs , revealed that the mode of inheritance can be controlled by an autosomal recessive gene (s) This happened for both sexes with slightly variability in their expression . No significant larval mortalities were found in all the crosses . | ||
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