Kol-Maimon, H., Mendel, Z., Franco, J.C., & Ghanim, M. 2014 Paternal inheritance in mealybugs (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Pseudococcidae). Naturwissenschaften DOI 10.1007/s00114-014-1218-7
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Notes: Our results demonstrate that paternal inheritance in mealybugs can occur from males to their F2 offspring, through F1 males (paternal line). F2 backcrossed hybrid males expressed paternal pherotypes and ITS2 genotypes although their mother originated through a maternal population. Further results revealed other, hitherto unknown, aspects of inheritance in mealybugs, such as that hybridization between the two species caused absence of paternal traits in F2 hybrid females produced by F1 hybrid females. Furthermore, hybridization between the two species raised the question of whether unattracted males have any role in the interactions between P. ficus and P. citri.
