de la Filia, A.G., & Ross, L. 2016 PGE in the citrus mealybug, Planococcus citri (Risso) (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae): is the maternal victory complete?. XIV International Symposium on Scale Insect Studies University of Catania Catania 106 pp.

Keywords:

  • genetics
  • reproduction
  • Notes: This study investigates if paternal genomes have evolved adaptations against PGE that could be unveiled by exposing paternal genotypes to different maternal backgrounds. Our results provide a solid foundation to study potential PGE suppressors and thus increase our knowledge of how PGE is maintained and lost, eventually casting more light on the involvement of male-female conflict in the evolutionary dynamics of genetic systems.