Induction and Evaluation of Inbreeding Crosses Using the Ant, Vollenhovia Emeryi.

ABSTRACT: The genetic and molecular components of the sex-determination cascade have been extensively studied in the honeybee, Apis mellifera, a hymenopteran model organism. However, little is known about the sex-determination mechanisms found in other non-model hymenopteran taxa, such as ants. Because of the complex nature of the life cycles that have evolved in hymenopteran species, it is difficult to maintain and conduct experimental crosses between these organisms in the laboratory. Here, we describe the methods for conducting inbreeding crosses and for evaluating the success of those crosses in ant Vollenhovia emeryi. Inducing inbreeding in the laboratory using V. emeryi, is relatively simple because of the unique biology of the species. Specifically, this species produces androgenetic males, a

SUBMITTER: Miyakawa MO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6235432 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature