Artículo de revista
Experimental crosses between Mepraia gajardoi and M. spinolai and hybrid chromosome analyses reveal the occurrence of several isolation mechanisms
Fecha
2016Registro en:
Infection, Genetics and Evolution 45 (2016) 205–212
1567-1348
10.1016/j.meegid.2016.09.001
Autor
Campos Soto, Ricardo
Panzera, Francisco
Pita, Sebastián
Lages, Carol
Solari Illescas, Aldo
Botto Mahan, Carezza
Institución
Resumen
Hematophagous insects of the subfamily Triatominae include several species with a large variety of shapes, behavior and distribution. They have great epidemiological importance sincemost of themtransmit the flagellated protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi, the etiologic agent of Chagas disease. In this subfamily several cases of species hybridization have been reported under experimental and natural conditions. Mepraia is a genus of Triatominae endemic in Chile, responsible for transmitting T. cruzi in the sylvatic cycle. This genus includes three species, M. gajardoi, M. spinolai andM. parapatrica; however, the differentiation of M. parapatrica as a separate species remains controversial considering the possible occurrence of introgression/hybridization processes in some populations of this putative species. Mepraia species showconspicuouswing polymorphism, and it has been proposed that the genes related towings are linked to the Y chromosome, thuswingless males could not engender winged progeny. In order to determine the degree of reproductive isolation and to assess the wing phenotype in the offspring, we performed experimental crosses between the two most divergent Mepraia species (M. gajardoi and M. spinolai) together with chromosome analyses of hybrid progenies. Although fertile F1 hybrids were obtained in only one direction of crossing, we verified the existence of different isolation mechanisms between parental species, including hybrid breakdown. The occurrence of winged males in the offspring of wingless parental males suggests that the wing character is not linked to the Y chromosome
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