LINKAGE STUDIES IN TRIBOLIUM CASTANEUM. XI. THE MAP POSITION OF CHARCOAL, A PSEUDOALLELE OF BLACK

1978 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 139-145 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric Brown ◽  
Alexander Sokoloff

Charcoal, (Chr), an autosomal dominant with recessive lethal effects is located in linkage group III in Tribolium castaneum (Herbst). Its map position has been determined in respect to aureate (au), light ocular diaphragm (lod) and black (b). The distances between the various genes vary, depending on the sex of the cross. The Chr ++/+ lod au ♂ × +lod au/+lod au ♀ crosses give the following recombination values: au-lod = 22.19 ±.42%, Chr-lod = 20.03 ±.40% and Chr-au = 41.28 ±.49%. The reciprocal crosses give au-lod 28.08 ±.45%, Chr-lod = 17.67 ±.38% and Chr-au = 44.11 ±.50%. For the larger distances encompassed by the Chr-au region the recombination values in the two sexes were not significantly different. For the shorter distances the recombination values were significantly higher in the males than in the females in the au-lod region. They were not found to be significantly different in the Chr-lod region probably because of difficulty in identifying lod and non-lod beetles in the presence of Chr. Tests of allelism indicate that Chr and black b are pseudoalleles which recombine at a different rate in the two sexes. Chr +/+b ♂ × +b/+b ♀ gave 0.07% recombinants, while the reciprocal cross gave 0.014% recombinants, a significant difference. The data suggest that the order of the genes in this linkage group is Chr - b - lod - au.


1962 ◽  
Vol 96 (888) ◽  
pp. 186-188 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eliot Krause ◽  
Doris Shideler ◽  
A. E. Bell


1977 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 259-263 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander Sokoloff

The relative position of the genes black (b), light ocular diaphragm (lod) and aureate (au) for the third linkage group of T. castaneum (Herbst) (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae) has been determined as b – lod – au. The distances between the various genes vary, depending on the cross. The b++/+ lod au ♂ × + lod au/+ lod au ♀ crosses give the following recombination values: au – lod = 18.32 ± 1.21%; b – lod = 21.05 ± 1.51% and b – au = 37.43 ± 1.27%. The reciprocal crosses give au – lod = 27.67 ± 1.62%; b – lod = 13.97 ± 1.26% and b – au = 39.79 ± 1.78%. For the larger distances encompassed in the b – au region the recombination values in the two sexes were not significantly different. For the shorter b – lod region the recombination values were significantly larger in the females than in the males, while for the adjacent lod – au region the opposite was true. On the basis of the current literature it would appear that the main factors contributing to these sex differences in recombination are the modifiers which are different in the genetic background of the two sexes.



1963 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 299-306 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander Sokoloff ◽  
Peter S. Dawson ◽  
Du Wayne C. Englert


1985 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 276-278
Author(s):  
Peter S. Dawson ◽  
Kelly L. Berends

Reindeer (Rd), an autosomal dominant mutant in the flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum, is located in linkage group IX. Recombination between Rd and alate prothorax occurs more frequently in males than in females. Linkage group IX appears to be the third linkage group for which recombination frequency is greater in males for one region and in females for another region of the chromosome.Key words: Tribolium, linkage.





Genome ◽  
1987 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 26-33 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander Sokoloff ◽  
Robert F. Ferrone ◽  
John D. Chaney ◽  
Jerry Braden ◽  
Ricardo J. Muñoz

Data are presented to show the linkage relationships of a number of genes in linkage group II of Tribolium castaneum and a revised map of this linkage group is presented bearing eight well-established points. Some of these points were establishable with the aid of an accidental inversion induced by gamma irradiation. Five additional mutants are also in this linkage group as a result of the revision, but their relative position needs to be established through additional linkage studies. The linkage map suggests the presence of two gene clusters, one affecting the eye color and morphology and the other including homeotic mutants that affect the morphology of the maxillary and labial palps, the thorax, and the abdominal sternites. Data are presented to show that the frequency of recombination for a number of segments in linkage group II is not equal in the two sexes. The literature bearing on the evolution of the karyotype in Tribolium is reviewed, and it is concluded, on the basis of the present evidence, that it is linkage group II and not linkage group IX that became translocated to the X and Y chromosome in a T. castaneum like ancestor to produce the much larger neo-X and neo-Y chromosomes of T. confusum. Key words: Tribolium, linkage, gamma irradiation.



Author(s):  
Mahir Tıraş ◽  
Emrah Can ◽  
Şahin Hamilçıkan

Objective This study aimed to assess whether cord blood carboxyhemoglobin (COHb) levels in jaundiced term neonates with and without a positive direct Coombs test (DCT) and in healthy controls could be used as a predictor of severe hyperbilirubinemia. The percentage of cord blood COHb should be higher among neonates with Coombs-positive ABO hemolytic disease than among those with Coombs-negative ABO incompatibility and higher than that of ABO-compatible control neonates. Study Design This cross-sectional descriptive study of 198 term neonates comprised three subgroups: group I featured 68 DCT-positive ABO-incompatible neonates (ABO + DCT), group II featured 60 DCT-negative ABO-incompatible neonates with hyperbilirubinemia (ABO–DCT), and group III featured 70 healthy controls. COHb was determined by an OSM3 hemoximeter. Results Group I differed from groups II and III for cord blood bilirubin, cord blood hemoglobin, and cord blood hematocrit. Groups I and II had higher mean total serum bilirubin (TSB) levels than group III, while there was no difference in the mean TSB levels between groups I and II. There was no significant difference between the COHb group means for groups I, II, and III (p = 0.98). The area under the receiver operating characteristic curve calculated for group I/group III and group II/group III were found to be 0.62 and 0.54, respectively. Conclusion COHb levels did not prove to be superior to the DCT for predicting the risk of developing severe hyperbilirubinemia in term neonates. Key Points



1984 ◽  
Vol 26 (6) ◽  
pp. 762-764 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter S. Dawson

Reindeer (Rd) is a dominant mutation affecting antenna morphology in the tenebrionid flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum. In contrast with most dominant mutants previously described for this species, homozygotes are fully viable, thus making Rd very useful for genetic studies. Rd is tentatively assigned to either linkage group IX or X. Abbreviated appendages (aa), formerly placed in linkage group X, is reassigned to linkage group V on the basis of demonstrated linkage to jet (j).Key words: Tribolium, mutation Rd, linkage, antenna morphology.



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