the genetic control of ovariole number in sitophilus oryzae l (coleoptera, curculionidae) is temperature sensitive卵巢管数的遗传控制sitophilus oryzae l(鞘翅目,象甲科)是温度敏感.pdfVIP

Original article The genetic control of ovariole number in Sitophilus oryzae L (Coleoptera, Curculionidae) is temperature sensitive AM Grenier, P Nardon INSA, UA INRA 227, Laboratoire de Biologie Appliquée, Bât 06,4 20, avenue A-Einstein, 69621 Villeurbanne cedex, France (Received 3 May 1993; accepted 29 April 1994) Summary - The influence of genetical and epigenetical factors on the determinism of the ovariole number was studied in This weevil 4 ovarioles Sitophilus oryzae. normally possesses with apical bacteriomes harbouring symbiotes. By selecting females with a reduced number of ovarioles, the genetic control of this trait was demonstrated with regard to the easy selection of this character and its similar transmission to the progeny by females and males. Several genes could be implicated and a weak maternal effect cannot be rejected. The character is temperature sensitive: at 30°C, abnormal females with 2 or 3 ovarioles prevail, and conversely, normal females appear at 20°C. The reduction of the number of ovarioles is correlated with a decrease in fitness (reduced progeny and lighter body weight of females). Only ovary formation seems to be affected, because a higher progeny ovariole in abnormal females can be indicative of a normal in the per yolk production fat body. Counting bacteria in ovaries shows that the regulation of symbiote number per female occurs at the ovariole itself and not within the whole insect. Sitophilus oryzae / ovariole number / selection / genetic control / temperature- sensitive character Résu