de la Filia, A.G., Fenn-Moltu, G., & Ross, L. 2019 No evidence for an intragenomic arms race under paternal genome elimination in Planococcus mealybugs. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 32:491–504
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Notes: This study addresses this by testing whether paternal genome elimination is complete when paternal genotypes are exposed to divergent maternal backgrounds in intraspecific and hybrid crosses of the citrus mealybug, Planococcus citri, and the closely related Planococcus ficus. We determined whether males can transmit genetic information through their sons by tracking inheritance of two traits in a three-generation pedigree: microsatellite markers and sex-specific pheromone preferences. Our results suggest leakages of single paternal chromosomes through males occurring at a low frequency, but we find no evidence for transmission of paternal pheromone preferences from fathers to sons.
