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Sloggett, J.J. and Honek, A. (2012) Genetic Studies. In: Hodek, I., van Emden, H.F. and Honek, A., Eds., Ecology and Behaviour of the Ladybird Beetles (Coccinellidae), Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford, 561 p.
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• TITLE: Gold: A Unique Pigmentation Defective Laboratory Strain of the Lady Beetle

  AUTHORS: Margaret Louise Allen

  KEYWORDS: Lady Beetle, Recessive Phenotype, Reciprocal Cross, Inbreeding Depression, Aposematism

  JOURNAL NAME: Advances in Entomology, Vol.4 No.1, January 11, 2016

  ABSTRACT: A laboratory colony of Coleomegilla maculata (De Geer) was selected for a novel phenotypic color trait. The phenotype was paler in color than the wild type, although not as pale as a previously described mutant strain, yellow (ye), and retained dark pigmentation in the eyes. This selected strain was named gold. Mendelian breeding experiments indicate a recessive biallelic inheritance. The strain has decreased fitness characteristics based on measurements of egg production and pupa size.