Testes and chromosomes in interspecific hybrids betweenHelicoverpa armigera (Hübner) andHelicoverpa assulta (Guenée) |
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Authors: | Qingbo Tang Yunhua Yan Xincheng Zhao Chenzhu Wang |
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Institution: | (1) State Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Pest Insects and Rodents, Institute of Zoology, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100080, China;(2) Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100039, China; |
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Abstract: | The interspecific hybridization betweenHelicoverpa armigera females andHelicoverpa assulta males yieldedF
1 hybrids (RS), fertile males and sterile individuals with abnormal genitals. The reverse hybridization betweenH. assulta females andH. armigera males yielded F1 hybrids (SR)-fertile males and fertile females. The morphology of testes and the karyotype of chromosomes of larvae in the
hybrids were investigated. Among the 2d old fifth-instar SR larvae, individuals without testes were fertile females and those
with testes were fertile males. The length and breadth of testes between SR and parental species were not significantly different
(p>0.05). Among the 2d old fifth-instar RS larvae, the testes were observed in all the individuals, but it could be classified
into two types. The length and the breadth of testes in Type 1 larvae were not significantly different from those of their
parental species (p>0.05), while those in Type 2 were significantly less than those of their parental species (p<0.01). Mitotic
metaphase I of brain cells showed the diploid chromosomes number of both reciprocal hybrids was 2n=62, as many as their parents.
The haploid number of 31 was confirmed by counts from spermatocytes at meiotic metaphase from SR male larvae and Type 1 larvae
of RS. Meiosis was not observed in spermatocytes of Type 2 larvae of RS. Considering the characteristics of adult hybrids
of RS, it was concluded that Type 1 individuals in RS were fertile and those of Type 2 were sterile. The sterility of Type
2 individuals in RS is attributed to the abnormity in development of testes and the failing meiosis of spermatocytes. As a
result, the normal spermatozoon could not been produced. |
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Keywords: | Helicoverpa interspecific hybridization sterility testes chromosomes |
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