Sexual mosaics induced by tetracycline treatment in the <i>Wolbachia</i>-infected adzuki bean borer, <i>Ostrinia scapulalis</i>

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2003-12-01
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  • 10.1139/g03-082
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Canadian Science Publishing

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<jats:p> Wolbachia-infected Ostrinia scapulalis (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) females generate all-female or nearly all-female broods. Curing the infection by tetracycline treatment during larval stages results in the generation of all-male broods in the next generation. Here we show that sexually mosaic offspring are produced by Wolbachia-infected females treated with tetracycline at the adult stage. The sexual mosaics had wings that were composed of distinctive female and male sectors. Besides wings, the sexually dimorphic mid tibiae displayed an intermediate morphology in some of the mosaics. Many of the mosaic individuals had an abnormal structure of the external genitalia as well, a combination of the male uncus and the female ovipositor. We assume that Wolbachia has a feminizing effect on O. scapulalis genetic males and, hence, incomplete curing of the Wolbachia infection results in the generation of sexually mosaic individuals.Key words: feminization, Ostrinia scapulalis, sexual mosaic, tetracycline, Wolbachia. </jats:p>

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    Genome 46 (6), 983-989, 2003-12-01

    Canadian Science Publishing

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