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The Journal of Heredity 1985:76(5):325-328
© 1985 The American Genetic Association 76:325-328

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Genetics of grasshoppers

II. The inheritance of rosy and gold in Melanoplus sanguinipes

W. Chapco

The author is affiliated with the Department of Biology, University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan S4S 0A2, Canada. Financial support from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (A-0485) is gratefully acknowledged. Comments by Dr. E.J. Chapco on the writing are appreciated.

Abstract

Gold (Go) and rosy (Ry) are two newly discovered phenotypes in Melanoplus sanguinipes, the migratory grasshopper. The gold phenotype, best seen in adults and to a lesser extent in later instars, is a general body color variant ranging from yellow to carrot orange. It is inherited as an autosomal dominant. So is the rosy trait, best seen in fourth and fifth instars as a prominent thick fuschia-colored stripe extending from the frontal ridge of the head dorsally to the abdominal tip. Both genes are linked to tibia color (T), red back (Pro), and femoral stripe (Ost) genes, three members of linkage group I. The results of multipoint testcrosses suggest that the gene order is either Ry—T—Ost—Go—Pro or Ost—T—Ry—Go—Pro, the first three loci being closely linked and difficult to sequence.


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