2000
DOI: 10.1590/s1415-47572000000100018
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Analysis of the sex ratio in Bradysia matogrossensis (Diptera, Sciaridae)

Abstract: In sciarid flies, the control of sex determination and of the progeny sex ratio is exercised by the parental females, and is based on differential X-chromosome elimination in the initial stages of embryogenesis. In some species, the females produce unisexual progenies (monogenic females) while in others, the progenies consist of males and females (digenic females). The sex ratio of bisexual progenies is variable, and departs considerably from 1:1. Bradysia matogrossensis shows both monogenic and digenic reprod… Show more

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“…Our results show that monogeny can evolve when the maternal locus overrides the action of zygotic sex loci, and when the fitness of the family is affected by sex ratio in the family. Monogeny occurs in a number of dipterans, including some midges and sciarid and calliphorid flies (Ullerich, 1984;Gerbi, 1986;Rocha and Perondini, 2000). It is unclear to us what circumstances will lead to a maternal locus being able to override the action of a zygotic locus, versus the reverse.…”
Section: Hereditymentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Our results show that monogeny can evolve when the maternal locus overrides the action of zygotic sex loci, and when the fitness of the family is affected by sex ratio in the family. Monogeny occurs in a number of dipterans, including some midges and sciarid and calliphorid flies (Ullerich, 1984;Gerbi, 1986;Rocha and Perondini, 2000). It is unclear to us what circumstances will lead to a maternal locus being able to override the action of a zygotic locus, versus the reverse.…”
Section: Hereditymentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Sain and Kalode (1988) ont montré que chez O. oryzae, lointaine cousine asiatique de O. oryzivora, la descendance d'un couple était toujours composée d'individus de même sexe. Ce phénomène semble courant chez plusieurs espèces appartenant essentiellement à la famille des Cecidomyiidae et à celle des Sciaridae (Rocha and Perondini, 2000). Ces auteurs ont rapporté que chez Bradysia matogrossensis (Diptera : Sciaridae), le contrôle de la détermination du sexe et la sexratio de la descendance sont exercés par les femelles parentales et sont basés sur l'élimination du chromosome X différencié durant les stades initiaux de l'embryogenèse.…”
Section: Discussionunclassified
“…matogrossensis shows both monogenic and digenic reproduction: some females behave as digenic, others as gynogenic, others as androgenic, and still others produce offspring with 1 predominant sex (either male or female). These offspring sex ratios are maintained in successive generations, thus suggesting that the control of the offspring ratio (either elimination of 1 or 2 X chromosomes) may involve more than 1 locus, at least, more than 1 pair of alleles [Rocha and Perondini, 2000].…”
Section: Monogenic and Digenic Species In Sciaridsmentioning
confidence: 99%