Transgenerational seasonal timer for suppression of sexual morph production in the pea aphid, Acyrthosiphon pisum
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- Matsuda, Naoki
- Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University
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- Kanbe, Takashi
- Graduate School of Agriculture, Hokkaido University
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- Akimoto, Shin-ichi
- Graduate School of Agriculture, Hokkaido University
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- Numata, Hideharu
- Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University
Abstract
Many aphid species switch reproductive modes seasonally, with the sexual generations appearing in autumn. Sexual generations are induced by short days. It has been reported that the appearance of sexual morphs is suppressed by a transgenerational factor (a seasonal timer) over several generations after hatching from overwintered eggs. The present study examined whether the seasonal timer measures the number of days from hatching or the number of generations from hatching using the pea aphid, Acyrthosiphon pisum Harris (Homoptera: Aphididae). Effects of temperature and photoperiod on the seasonal timer were also examined by successive rearing. The ability to produce sexual morphs was strongly suppressed in stem mothers (the foundress generation), and gradually recovered over successive generations produced during a few months. The duration for which the seasonal timer could function depended on the number of days from hatching and temperature, but not on photoperiod or the number of generations from hatching. We thus showed in a single study that the seasonal timer of the pea aphid has all the physiological characteristics shown in separate studies in different aphid species.
Journal
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- Journal of Insect Physiology
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Journal of Insect Physiology 101 1-6, 2017-08
Elsevier BV
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Details 詳細情報について
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- CRID
- 1050001335854802816
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- NII Article ID
- 120006414164
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- ISSN
- 00221910
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- HANDLE
- 2433/230141
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- Text Lang
- en
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- Article Type
- journal article
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- Data Source
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- IRDB
- Crossref
- CiNii Articles
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