Rapid evolution of larval development time during mass-rearing in the melon fly, Bactrocera cucurbitae

Researches on Population Ecology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 291-297

  Miyatake, Takahisa ^a   Yamagishi, Masaaki ^b  

^a NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR KYUSHU OKINAWA REGION   (Japan)

^b Fruit Fly Eradication Project Office   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diptera; Genetic variance; Heritability; Larval period; Selection; Tephritidae

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT;

BACTROCERA CUCURBITAE; DIPTERA; TEPHRITIDAE;

EID: 0033397359     PISSN: 00345466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s101440050034     Document Type: Article

References (47)

1. Barton NH, Turelli M (1989) Evolutionary quantitative genetics: how little do we know? Annu Rev Genet 23:337-370
2. Bell G (1997) Selection: the mechanism of evolution. Chapman and Hall, New York
3. Boller EF (1972) Behavioural aspects of mass-rearing of insects. Entomophaga 17:9-25
4. Bulmer MG (1985) The mathematical theory of quantitative genetics. Clarendon Press, Oxford
5. Bürger R, Wagner GP, Stettinger F (1989) How much heritable variation can be maintained in finite populations by mutation-selection balance? Evolution 43:1748-1766
6. Buri P (1956) Gene frequency in small populations of mutant Drosophila. Evolution 10:367-402
7. Calkins CO (1989) Quality control. In: Robinson AS, Hooper G (eds) Fruit flies: their biology, natural enemies and control, vol 3B. Elsevier, Oxford, pp 153-165
8. Chambers DL (1977) Quality control in mass rearing. Annu Rev Entomol 22:289-308
9. Crow JF, Kimura M (1970) An introduction to population genetics theory. Harper and Row, New York
10. Falconer DS (1954) Asymmetrical responses in selection experiments. In: Symposium on genetics of population structure. Int Union Biol Sci Naples, Ser B, no 15, pp 16-41
11. Falconer DS (1989) Introduction to quantitative genetics, 3rd edn. Longman, Essex
12. Foley P (1992) Small population genetic variability at loci under stabilizing selection. Evolution 46:763-774
13. Gabayet JAR, Flores JR, Hoeflich WE (1996) The Mexican national fruit fly eradication campaign: largest fruit fly industrial complex in the world. In: McPheron BA, Steck GJ (eds) Fruit fly pests: a world assessment of their biology and management. St. Lucie Press, Delray Beach, pp 561-563
14. Hendrichs J, Franz G, Rendon P (1995) Increased effectiveness and applicability of the sterile insect technique through male-only release for control of Mediterranean fruit flies during fruiting seasons. J Appl Entomol 119:371-377
15. Hill WG (1982) Predictions of response to artificial selection from new mutations. Genet Res (Camb) 40:255-278
16. Hill WG, Caballero A (1992) Artificial selection experiments. Annu Rev Ecol Syst 23:287-310
17. Houle D (1989) The maintenance of polygenic variation in finite populations. Evolution 43:1767-1780
18. Houle D (1992) Comparing evolvability and variability of quantitative traits. Genetics 130:195-204
19. Itô Y, Yamagishi M (1989) Sperm competition in the melon fly, Dacus cucurbitae (Diptera: Tephritidae): effects of sequential mating with normal and virgin or non-virgin sterile males. Appl Entomol Zool 24:466-477
20. Kakinohana H (1994) The melon fly eradication program in Japan. In: Calkins CO, Klassen W, Liedo P (eds) Fruit flies and the sterile insect technique. CRC Press, Boca Raton, pp 223-236
21. Kakinohana H (1996) Studies on the mass production of the melon fly, Bactrocera cucurbitae Coquillett. Bull Okinawa Pref Agric Exp Stn 16:1-102
22. Kakinohana H, Kuba H, Kohama T, Kinjo K, Taniguchi M, Nakamori H, Tanahara A, Sokei Y (1997) Eradication of the melon fly, Bactrocera cucurbitae (Coquillett), by mass release of sterile flies in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. JARQ (Jpn Agric Res Quart) 31:91-100
23. Knipling EF (1955) Possibilities of insect control or eradication through the use of sexual sterile males. J Econ Entomol 48:459-462
24. Knipling EF (1966) Introduction. In: Smith CN (ed) Insect colonization and mass production. Academic Press, New York, pp 2-12
25. Lande R (1981) The minimum number of genes contributing to quantitative variation between and within populations. Genetics 99:541-553
26. Leppla NC (1989) Laboratory colonization of fruit flies. In: Robinson AS, Hooper G (eds) Fruit flies: their biology, natural enemies and control, vol 3B. Elsevier, Oxford, pp 91-103
27. Mackauer M (1976) Genetic problems in the production of biological control agents. Annu Rev Entomol 21:369-385
28. Miyatake T (1993) Difference in the larval and pupal periods between mass-reared and wild strains of the melon fly, Bactrocera cucurbitae (Coquillett) (Diptera: Tephritidae). Appl Entomol Zool 28:577-581
29. Miyatake T (1995) Two-way artificial selection for developmental period in Bactrocera cucurbitae (Diptera: Tephritidae). Ann Entomol Soc Am 88:848-885
30. Miyatake T (1997) Correlated responses to selection for developmental period in Bactrocera cucurbitae (Diptera: Tephritidae): time of mating and daily activity rhythms. Behav Genet 27:489-498
31. Miyatake T (1998) Genetic changes of life history and behavioral traits during mass-rearing in the melon fly, Bactrocera cucurbitae (Diptera: Tephritidae). Res Popul Ecol 40:301-310
32. Mousseau TA, Roff DA (1987) Natural selection and the heritability of fitness components. Heredity 59:181-197
33. Nakamori H, Kakinohana H (1980) Mass-production of the melon fly, Dacus cucurbitae Coquillett, in Okinawa, Japan. Rev Plant Prot Res 13:37-53
34. Nakamori H, Kakinohana H, Yamagishi M (1992) Automated mass production system for fruit flies based on the melon fly, Dacus cucurbitae Coquillett (Diptera: Tephritidae). In: Anderson TE, Leppla NC (eds) Advances in insect rearing for research and pest management. Westview Press, Oxford, pp 441-454
35. Partridge L, Barton NH (1993) Optimality, mutation and the evolution of ageing. Nature (Lond) 362:305-311
36. Rich SS, Bell AE, Wilson SP (1979) Genetic drift in small populations of Tribolium. Evolution 33:579-584
37. Roff DA (1992) The evolution of life histories: theory and analysis. Chapman and Hall, New York
38. Roff DA (1997) Evolutionary quantitative genetics. Chapman and Hall, New York
39. Shimizu T, Miyatake T, Watari Y, Arai T (1997) A gene pleiotropically controlling developmental and circadian periods in the melon fly, Bactrocera cucurbitae (Diptera: Tephritidae). Heredity 79:600-605
40. Roff DA, Mousseau TA (1987) Quantitative genetics and fitness: lessons from Drosophila. Heredity 58:103-118
41. Stearns SC (1992) The evolution of life histories. Oxford University Press, Oxford
42. Sugimoto A (1978) Egg collection method in mass rearing of the melon fly, Dacus cucurbitae Coquillett (Diptera: Tephritidae). Jpn J Appl Entomol Zool 22:60-67
43. Vargas RI (1989) Mass production of tephritid fruit flies. In: Robinson AS, Hooper G (eds) Fruit flies: their biology, natural enemies and control, vol 3B. Elsevier, Oxford, pp 141-151
44. Ward PJ (1994) Parent-offspring regression and extreme environments. Heredity 72:574-581
45. Wright S (1968) Evolution and the genetics of populations, vol 1. Genetics and biometric foundations. University of Chicago Press, Chicago
46. Zeng Z (1992) Correcting the bias of Wright's estimation of the number of genes affecting a quantitative character: a further improved method. Genetics 131:987-1001
47. Zeng Z, Houle D, Cockerham CC (1990) How informative is Wright's estimator of the number of genes affecting a quantitative character? Genetics 126:235-247