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Nasonia vitripennis Linkage Map (Redrawn and modified from Saul 1989)

Linkage Group I

% Recomb

Symbol

Name

Phenotype

 

rep

red-eye pupae

slightly red eyed pupae

2*

 

 

 

rdh 1

reddish

dark red eyes

11

rev 421

reverend

legs of pupae extent towards ventral midline

3

 

 

 

ga 251

garnet

red eyes

1*

 

 

 

hb 441

hunchback

thoracic segments compressed

3

 

 

 

R

R-locus

many eye color mutants in region of no

 

 

recombination, multiple loci. Includes stDR, oyDr, red 833 and others

4

 

 

 

cur 321

currant

red eyes

3*

 

 

 

cop 362

copper

frons copper-yellow

1*

 

 

 

cop 2

copper

frons copper-yellow

1*

 

 

 

stp 211

stumpy

abdomen shortened

2

 

 

 

ga 351

garnet

red eyes

2

 

 

 

gl XX

glass

eye facets poorly differentiated and number reduced

1

 

 

 

pu

purple

dorsal thorax purple and frons blue (absence of yellow sheen)

1*

 

 

 

ga 120 XX

garnet

red eyes

4*

 

 

 

cop 1

copper

frons copper-yellow

5

 

 

 

wa 362

white appendages

appendages white (entire body white in young pupae)

1*

 

 

 

stp 361

stumpy

abdomen shortened

1*

 

 

 

bk362 XX

black

black eyes

17

 

 

 

vg

vestigial

rudimentary wings


Linkage Group II

 

 

 

% Recomb

Symbol

Name

Phenotype

bl 108

blue

frons blue

15

 

 

 

rdh 5

reddish

red eyes

<1

 

 

 

crw

crumpled wings

wings crumpled in adults, female sterile

<1*

 

 

position with respect to cl 131, bl 106 not yet determined

cl 131 XX

cleft

ocellar region reduced w/ dorsal cleft between eyes number of antennal segments reduced

<1

 

 

 

bl 106

blue

frons blue

<1

 

 

 

se 121 XX

small eyes

eyes small, fewer facets than normal

<1

 

 

 

mh 493

mahogany

dark red eyes; rdh 810 is allelic

1

 

 

 

bl 109

blue

frons blue

25

 

 

 

unf 441 XX

unfolded

incomplete eclosion from pupal case in dorsal thorax; small mesothoracic wings


Linkage Group III

% Recomb

Symbol

Name

Phenotype

st5219

scarlet eyes

bright red eyes; stm allelic

10

 

 

 

tl 627

tile

rust-red eyes; pe 100 allelic

<1

 

 

 

bl 13

blue

frons blue

<1

 

 

 

bk 576

black

eyes slightly darker brown than wild type

3

 

 

 

bl 5101 XX

blue

frons blue

2

 

 

 

fx 331 XX

flexed

mesothorax duplicated; metathorax reduced; both pairs or wings of equal size, pupa flexed ventrally

9***

 

 

 

cop 411 XX

copper

frons yellow-copper

37

 

 

 

bk 424

black

black eyes

 

 

 

Special Comments

***

note that recent results place st5219 and bl 13 onto LG IV approximately 10 map units from a lethal and 20 map units fromor 123


Linkage Group IV  

% Recomb

Symbol

Name

Phenotype

bgs 532 XX

blue grass

frons green with blue glints

10

 

 

 

st 473 XX

scarlet

bright red eyes

4

 

 

 

or 123

orange

light orange-red eyes

1

 

 

 

ws1

wing size

wing size locus, introgressed from N. giraulti into N vitripennis postion of ws1 with respect ot pu 416 and st 473 unknown

3

 

 

 

pu 416 XX

purple

frons deep blue or purple

1

 

 

 

vio 6

violet

frons deep blue or bleu-purple

 

 

 

Special Comments

***

recent mapping studies put bl 13 <1 map unit from or 123 and ws1 and 20 map units from st5219. Results suggest that pu 416 may be bl 13 or allelic.


Linkage Group V

% Recomb

Symbol

Name

Phenotype

ga 561

garnet

red eyes; tom's red is allelic

10

 

 

 

pel 311

pellucid

gray-white eyes

12*

mod 306

modifier

changes red and scarlet eyes to yellow and orange

7*

 

 

 

st 318

scarlet

bright red eyes

13

 

 

 

mm 251

mickey mouse

eyes protuberant, dorsal head defective

5

 

 

 

pm 541

plum

frons blue or reddish-blue

6

 

 

 

sw 561 XX

short wings

small mesothoracic wings; metathoracic wings project out from body

 

 

 

 

Special Comments

XX

strain no longer exists

*

recombination frequency not measured directly, estimated by distance to common loci

***

linkage of some markers on LGIII are questionable, and are actually on LGIV. Map will be revised when results are confirmed

 

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