Publication Date:
1985-02-01
Description:
Reproductive isolation is induced by microorganisms in diverse geographic strains of the flour beetle Tribolium confusum (Coleoptera:Tenebrionidae). The incompatibility between populations is due to nongenetic cytoplasmically inherited factors. Males of infected strains produce no progeny when crossed with females of noninfected strains; however, they produce "normal" numbers of progeny when crossed with infected females. Males from noninfected strains show no reproductive isolation. Infected strains of T. confusum can be cured when tetracycline or other antibiotics are added to the flour medium. "Cured" strains become partially reproductively isolated from all noncured strains including the source strain〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Wade, M J -- Stevens, L -- 1 K04 HD00431/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1985 Feb 1;227(4686):527-8.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3966160" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Animals
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*Bacterial Physiological Phenomena
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Crosses, Genetic
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Female
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Male
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Reproduction
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Tetracycline/pharmacology
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Tribolium/drug effects/microbiology/*physiology
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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