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Genetic analysis of Drosophila virilis sex pheromone: genetic mapping of the locus producing Z-(ll)-pentacosene

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 April 2009

Motomichi Doi ,
Masatoshi Tomaru ,
Hiroshi Matsubayashi ,
Kiyo Yamanoi  and
Yuzuru Oguma
Motomichi Doi*
Affiliation:
Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305, Japan
Masatoshi Tomaru
Affiliation:
Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305, Japan
Kiyo Yamanoi
Affiliation:
Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305, Japan
Yuzuru Oguma
Affiliation:
Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305, Japan
*
* Corresponding author.
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Z-(ll)-pentacosene, Drosophila virilis sex pheromone, is predominant among the female cuticular hydrocarbons and can elicit male courtship behaviours. To evaluate the genetic basis of its production, interspecific crosses between D. novamexicana and genetically marked D. virilis were made and hydrocarbon profiles of their backcross progeny were analysed. The production of Z-(ll)-pentacosene was autosomally controlled and was recessive. Of the six D. virilis chromosomes only the second and the third chromosomes showed significant contributions to sex pheromone production, and acted additively. Analysis of recombinant females indicated that the locus on the second chromosome mapped to the proximity of position 2–218.

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Research Article
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Genetics Research , Volume 68 , Issue 1 , August 1996 , pp. 17 - 21
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1996

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