Biological and genetic aspects of crosses between species of the genus Meccus (Hemiptera: Reduviidae Triatominae)



Título del documento: Biological and genetic aspects of crosses between species of the genus Meccus (Hemiptera: Reduviidae Triatominae)
Revue: Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
Base de datos: PERIÓDICA
Número de sistema: 000350523
ISSN: 0074-0276
Autores: 1
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Instituciones: 1Universidad de Guadalajara, Centro Universitario del Sur, Ciudad Guzmán, Jalisco. México
2Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, México, Distrito Federal. México
3Universidad Autónoma de Guerrero, Unidad Académica de Desarrollo Regional, Chilpancingo, Guerrero. México
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Periodo: May
Volumen: 106
Número: 3
País: Brasil
Idioma: Inglés
Tipo de documento: Artículo
Enfoque: Experimental, aplicado
Resumen en inglés The degree of reproductive isolation between Meccus phyllosomus and the remaining five species of the genus Meccus, as well as between Meccus bassolsae and Meccus pallidipennis, Meccus longipennis and Meccus picturatus, was examined. Fertility and the segregation of morphological characteristics were examined in two generations of hybrids from crosses between these species. The percentage of couples with offspring (fertile) was high in the vast majority of sets of crosses, with the exception of that between ♀M. phyllosomus and ♂Meccus mazzottii. In sets of crosses involving M. bassolsae specimens, no first-generation (F1) individuals were morphologically similar to M. bassolsae, but instead shared the morphology of the other parental species. A similar phenomenon was observed in most sets of crosses involving M. phyllosomus. These results indicated that different degrees of reproductive isolation exist among the species of Meccus involved in this study. The biological evidence obtained in this study does not support the proposal that M. bassolsae is a full species. It could indicate that, on the contrary, it should be considered a subspecies of a single polytypic species. The biological evidence does support the proposal that M. phyllosomus is a full species
Disciplinas: Biología
Palabras clave: Insectos,
Filogenia,
Complejo de especies,
Aislamiento reproductivo,
Híbridos,
Especiación,
Meccus,
Hemiptera
Keyword: Biology,
Insects,
Phylogeny,
Species complex,
Reproductive isolation,
Hybrids,
Speciation,
Meccus,
Hemiptera
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