Development of the first high-density linkage map in the maize weevil, Sitophilus zeamais.

ABSTRACT: The maize weevil, Sitophilus zeamais, is a worldwide pest that disproportionately affects subsistence farmers in developing countries. Damage from this pest threatens food security in these communities as widely available and effective control methods are lacking. With advances over the last decade in the development of genetic pest management techniques, addressing pest issues at the ecosystem level as opposed to the farm level may be a possibility. However, pest species selected for genetic management techniques require a well-characterized genome and few genomic tools have been developed for S. zeamais. Here, we have measured the genome size and developed the first genetic linkage map for this species. The genome size was determined using flow cytometry as 682 Mb and 674 M

SUBMITTER: Baltzegar JF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10276983 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature