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SHORT PAPER Random loss of X chromosome at male determination in an aphid, Sitobion near fragariae, detected using an X-linked polymorphic microsatellite marker

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 June 1997

ALEXANDRA C. C. WILSON ,
PAUL SUNNUCKS  and
DINAH F. HALES
ALEXANDRA C. C. WILSON
Affiliation:
School of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, NSW 2109, Australia
PAUL SUNNUCKS
Affiliation:
School of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, NSW 2109, Australia
DINAH F. HALES
Affiliation:
School of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, NSW 2109, Australia

Abstract

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This paper reports the first direct molecular evidence that X chromosome loss during determination of male aphids (XO) is random. Clonal and sexual females, and males, of the species Sitobion near fragariae were screened using three polymorphic microsatellite loci. Two loci, Sm10 and Sm17, showed the same heterozygous genotypes in all three aphid morphs. The third, Sm11, was heterozygous for the same two alleles in clonal and sexual females, but of the 25 males screened 11 showed the ‘160’ allele and 14 showed the ‘156’ allele. This result indicates X-linkage of locus Sm11, with random loss of the X chromosome during the formation of male embryos. The possible implications of this result are discussed with respect to aphid sex determination, recombination and chromosome evolution.

Type
Brief Report
Information
Genetics Research , Volume 69 , Issue 3 , June 1997 , pp. 233 - 236
Copyright
© 1997 Cambridge University Press