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Manifestation of eight lethals in Coelopa frigida (F.)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 April 2009

B. Burnet
B. Burnet
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, King's College, Newcastle upon Tyne, 1

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The time of action and morphological pattern of damage of eight recessive autosomal lethals in Coelopa frigida (F.) is described. Seven embryonic lethals are phase-specific in their time of action but lethal glassy may cause death at any time from the beginning of the third instar onwards.

A method for estimating the preadult viability of heterozygotes for lethals is described. Heterozygotes for lethal E/L3 show some impairment of viability, whereas, under conditions of larval competition heterozygotes for lethal E/L4 are superior in viability to their wild type sibs.

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Research Article
Information
Genetics Research , Volume 3 , Issue 3 , November 1962 , pp. 405 - 416
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1962

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