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Public Library of Science, PLoS ONE, 7(8), p. e68241, 2013
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0068241
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Molecular Evidence of Polyandry in the Citrus Mealybug, Planococcus citri (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae)
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Elsa Borges da Silva,
Silva Eb,
Rebelo Mt,
Maria Teresa Rebelo,
Elisabete Figueiredo ,
Zvi Mendel,
Paulo Os,
Octávio S. Paulo ,
José Carlos Franco,
Franco Jc
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Abstract
The occurrence of polyandry in Planococcus citri, presumed by earlier observations of mating behavior, was confirmed using microsatellite genotyping of pools of over 400 eggs resulting from controlled crosses of one female with two males. The genetic contribution of both mated males was confirmed in 13 out of 43 crosses. In three crosses it was possible to determine that only the first male fertilized the eggs, which may be due to sperm competition or unviable sperm supply. The microsatellite analysis also allowed the confirmation of aspects of the chromosomal inheritance detected previously in cytogenetic studies in Planococcus citri, namely that only one of the alleles is transmitted by the male, indicating that the males are functionally haploid, supporting the observation of Paternal Genome Elimination (PGE) in these insects.