X-linked and autosomal inheritance patterns of homologous genes in two species of Tribolium.

abstract

• The tenebrionid beetles Tribolium castaneum and T. confusum are representative of two distinct species groups within their genus. It has been suggested [Smith, S.G. (1952). J. Morphol. 91:325] that the 8AA + neo-XY karyotype of T. confusum was derived from the ancestral 9AA + XY formula, still present in T. castaneum, via the fusion of one pair of autosomes with the X and Y chromosomes during the early divergence of the confusum and castaneum species groups. In the present paper, electrophoretic variation in malic enzyme and hexokinase-1, detected in laboratory strains in Tribolium, is described. Evidence is presented that the genes encoding variation in both enzymes are autosomal in T. castaneum but are X linked in T. confusum. These species-specific patterns of inheritance of homologous gene loci are consistent with the hypothesized karyotypic history of the genus.

authors

• Samollow, Paul

published proceedings

• Biochem Genet

author list (cited authors)

• Samollow, P. B., Dawson, P. S., & Riddle, R. A.

citation count

• 13

complete list of authors

• Samollow, PB||Dawson, PS||Riddle, RA

publication date

• February 1983

publisher

• Springer Nature  Publisher

published in

• Biochemical Genetics  Journal

keywords

• Animals
• Chromosomes
• Coleoptera
• Crosses, Genetic
• Female
• Genes
• Genetic Variation
• Heterozygote
• Hexokinase
• Karyotyping
• Macromolecular Substances
• Male
• Phenotype
• Sex Chromosomes
• Species Specificity
• X Chromosome
• Y Chromosome

PubMed Central ID

• 6838489

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1007/BF02395401

start page

• 167

end page

• 176

volume

• 21

issue

• 1-2