Year: 2000
Type: article
Abstract: M factors, which determine maleness in Musca domestica, were found on the second, third, fourth and fifth linkage groups in housefly populations of Turkey. As in European populations, the male-determining factor was more frequently located on linkage group III (MIII). Some males homozygous or double heterozygous for M factors were identified. Deviations from a 1:1 sex ratio in favour of males, as well as mosaics for somatic marker mutations and sexual mosaics (gynandromorphs), were also observed. The results reveal an extensive polymorphism in the sex-determining system.
Source: Genetics Research
Institutions: Kırıkkale University, Middle East Technical University
Language: English
Subfield: Genetics
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
Funder: Universität Zürich
OpenAlex ID: W2156084827