Abstract
As a result of different feeding regimens, two laboratory populations of the beetleCallosobruchus maculatus Fab. developed different rates of oviposition. The behavior of the F1 hybrids cannot be explained with an additive model of inheritance. The unusual pattern of inheritance suggests a sex-related factor(s) and a two-factor interaction.
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This work was supported partially by graduate editorial fellowships fromThe Quarterly Review of Biology and by NSF Grant DEB 7620232 to D. J. Futuyma.
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Mark, G.A. Anomalous sex-related inheritance of oviposition rate inCallosobruchus maculatus Fab. (Coleoptera: Bruchidae). Behav Genet 11, 145–151 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01065625
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