Term of Award
1976
Degree Name
Master of Science in Biology
Document Type and Release Option
Thesis (restricted to Georgia Southern)
Department
Department of Biology
Committee Chair
W. Keith Hartberg
Committee Member 1
Sara N. Bennett
Committee Member 2
James H. Oliver, Jr.
Committee Member 3
Rosemarie Marshall
Abstract
Eretmapodites quinquevittatus adults possess gold and black scales on their abdominal sterna. In some individuals the black scales are confined to sterna X, IX, VIII, VII, and VI while others have them on sterna X, IX, VIII, and VII. Six different patterns formed by the scales are readily identifiable. The results obtained in the present study support the hypothesis that the variation observed in the abdominal sternum scale pattern of E. quinquevittatus is controlled by 3 pairs of polygenes assorting independently with similar and cumulative effects. The data suggest that the scale pattern may be sex-influenced and that genes may be present that modify the effectiveness of certain alleles.
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Recommended Citation
Johnston, Kim Walden, "Polygenic Inheritance of Variation in Scale Pattern of the Abdominal Sterna of Eretmapodites quinquevittatus (Diptera: Culicidae)" (1976). Legacy ETDs. 28.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/etd_legacy/28
