Genotype-dependent effect of B-chromosomes on chiasma frequency inEyprepocnemis plorans(Acrididae: Orthoptera)

✍ Scribed by N. Henriques-Gil; J. L. Santos; R. Giraldez

• Publisher: Springer Netherlands
• Year: 1982
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 452 KB
• Volume: 59
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0016-6707
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00056544

✦ Synopsis

I n order to analyze the effect of B-chromosomes on chiasma frequency, the offspring of different females of the grasshopper Eyprepocnemis plorans have been studied. From the comparison between individuals of the different families having a given number of B's and between individuals with different numbers of B-chromosomes within the same family, it can be concluded that the effect of the genetic background on chiasma frequency is greater than that produced by the presence of B's, and that there is a between-families variation in the effect of B-chromosomes which, in addition, is negatively correlated with the chiasma frequency of related individuals without B's. This genotype-dependent effect of B-chromosomes is discussed.