Mating Competitiveness of Anopheles arabiensis Males as a Function of Transgenic State and Genetic Similarity to Females

Autor:	M. Q. Benedict, P. I. Howell
Rok vydání:	2009
Předmět:	Genetics Transposable element Entomology Animal ecology Insect Science Transgene Assortative mating Anopheles arabiensis Heterozygote advantage Biology Phenotype Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics
Zdroj:	Journal of Insect Behavior. 22:477-491
ISSN:	1572-8889 0892-7553
DOI:	10.1007/s10905-009-9187-y
Popis:	We conducted mating competitions between wild-type and heterozygous transgenic Anopheles arabiensis males that were produced by repeated backcrosses of a transposable element expressing the β2-tubulin eGFP marker into two genetic backgrounds. These competed for genetically similar or dissimilar females in ratios of 1:1:3. We analyzed the effect of genetic similarity, transgenic state and stock on mating frequency. We observed no differences in the competitiveness of the wild and transgenic heterozygotes, no effect of genetic relatedness, nor a clear benefit of the out-crossing strategy to increase competitiveness. A decrease in the development rate of all phenotypic classes was observed among progeny of transgenic males but the rate of adult emergence of transgenic individuals was in most cases slightly faster than wild-type siblings.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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