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Linkage test between a sex-limited color gene and sex alleles in the honey bee

J. Woyke^I; W.E. Kerr^II

^IDivision of Bee Culture, Agricultural University, Warsaw str, Nowoursynowska 166, Poland. Send correspondence to J.W.
^IIDepartamento de Biociências, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Campus Umuarama, 38400 Uberlândia, MG, Brasil

ABSTRACT

Honey bee queens heterozygous for the sex limited body color gene y^ac, were mated to related drones carrying the same gene or the black body color genes y^bl. Also queens heterozygous for two body color genes Y/y^bl were mated to related y^ac drones. Diploid drones were reared from eggs, homozygous at the sex locus (X/X).
All crosses resulted in diploid drones of two body color classes: yellow and dark. The data indicate that no linkage exists between the sex limited body color gene y^ac and consequently, not between the other body color alleles (Y and y^bl), and the sex locus X.

Keywords: linkage; sex-limited; gene; sex; alleles; honey bee.

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