GENETIC MODIFICATION OF RECOMBINATION RATE IN TRIBOLIUM CASTANEUM

Genetic modification of recombination rate in Tribolium castaneum.

Asymmetrical responses were obtained in a replicated study of 15 generations of two-way selection for recombination rate between the ruby (rb) and jet (j) loci in Tribolium castaneum. Recombination rates in the two replicate high lines increased from an average of 0.22 in the base populations to an average of 0.42 at generation 15. Recombination rate pooled over the 15 generations of selection ...

Expanding the genetic toolkit of Tribolium castaneum

Genetic structure of Tribolium castaneum (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) populations in mills.

The red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum (Herbst), is primarily found associated with human structures such as wheat and rice mills. Such structures are predicted to be spatially isolated resource patches with frequent population bottlenecks that should influence their genetic structure. Genetic diversity and differentiation among nine populations of T. castaneum collected from wheat and rice...

RAPD-based genetic linkage maps of Tribolium castaneum.

A genetic map of the red flour beetle (Tribolium castaneum) integrating molecular with morphological markers was constructed using a backcross population of 147 siblings. The map defines 10 linkage groups (LGs), presumably corresponding to the 10 chromosomes, and consists of 122 randomly amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) markers, six molecular markers representing identified genes, and five morp...

Genetic Homeostasis and Developmental Rate in Tribolium.

ENETIC analysis of a variety of traits in populations of several species has revealed a similar pattern for many traits which are important components of fitness. In general such characters have intermediate optima, and prolonged artificial selection for extreme expression leads to a reduction in fitness. LERNER (1954, 1958) has postulated that one possible mechanism for natural selection in fa...