Research Article

Genetic and Linkage Studies of New Autosomal Sex-Limited Mutant Hairless Antenna in Anopheles stephensi Liston

Table 1

Mode of inheritance of hairless antenna (hla) in An. stephensi.

Sl. numberCrossesTotal eggsTotal larvaeHatchability (%)WildHairless antennae malesGrand total
Male xFemaleMaleFemaleTotal

1 +/+x+/+75173798.1351357708708
2hla/hlax+/+48740783.6178203381381
3hla/+xhla/+4258380584.01370 (1448.25)16833053561 (482.75)361415.38
4hla/hlaxhla/+1176
5hla/+x+/+59553990.6217302519519

nonsignificant ().
Number in the parentheses: expected number of progeny for that respective cross.
+/+: Wild type.
hla/hla: Hairless antenna.
hla/+: Heterozygous wild type.