Abstract
Partial reproductive incompatibility between two local populations of Tetranychus quercivorus Ehara et Gotoh derived from Sapporo (43°N) and Tsukuba (36°N), Japan, was found. The incompatibility was unidirectional: the Sapporo female was incompatible with the Tsukuba males, which resulted in a low egg hatchability and strongly male-biased sex ratio, whereas the reciprocal cross was compatible and produced normal progeny with a female-biased sex ratio. To determine the genetic mechanism responsible for the incompatibility, crosses were made between the two populations over five to six filial generations as well as backcrosses. The results suggested that the incompatibility could be caused by an interaction between the cytoplasm from the Sapporo population and a single nuclear gene from the Tsukuba population. Compatibility was not restored when individuals of the Sapporo population were treated with antibiotics or high temperature, indicating a possibility that the cytoplasmic factors are cytoplasmically inherited elements such as mitochondria rather than microorganisms.
Similar content being viewed by others
Article PDF
References
Breeuwer, J A J, and Werren, J H. 1993. Effect of genotype on cytoplasmic incompatibility between two species of Nasonia. Heredity, 70, 428–436.
Bressac, C, and Rousset, F. 1993. The reproductive incompatibility system in Drosophila simulans: Dapi-staining analysis of the Wolbachia symbionts in sperm cysts. J Invert Pathol, 61, 226–230.
De Boer, R. 1982. Nucleo-cytoplasmic interactions causing partial female sterility in the spider mite Tetranychus urticae Koch (Acari: Tetranychidae). Genetica, 58, 17–22.
De Boer, R. 1983. Nucleo-cytoplasmic interactions causing partial female sterility in the spider mite Tetranychus urticae Koch (Acari: Tetranychidae). Genetica, 61, 107–111.
Ebbert, M A. 1993. Endosymbiotic sex ratio distorters in insects and mites. In: Wrensh, D. L. and Ebbert, M. A. (eds) Evolution and Diversity of Sex Ratio in Insects and Mites, pp. 150–191. Chapman and Hall, New York.
Ehrman, L. 1983. Endosymbiosis. In: Futuyma, D. J. and Slatkin, M. (eds) Coevolution, pp. 128–136. Sinauer Associates, Sunderland, MA.
Fry, J D. 1989. Nuclear-nuclear and nuclear-cytoplasmic interactions contribute to the reproductive incompatibility between two strains of the twospotted spider mite. Entomologia exp appl, 50, 97–100.
Gotoh, T, and Takayama, K. 1992. Developmental characteristics, genetic compatibility and esterase zymograms in three strains of the hawthorn spider mite, Tetranychus viennensis Zacher (Acari: Tetranychidae). J Acarol Soc Jap, 1, 45–60.
Gotoh, T, Bruin, J, Sabelis, M W, and Menken, S B J. 1993. Host race formation in Tetranychus urticae: genetic differentiation, host plant preference, and mate choice in a tomato and a cucumber strain. Entomologia exp appl, 68, 171–178.
Hoffmann, A A. 1988. Partial cytoplasmic incompatibility between two Australian populations of Drosophila melanogaster. Entomologia exp appl, 48, 61–67.
Hoffmann, A A, and Turelli, M. 1988. Unidirectional incompatibility in Drosophila simulans: inheritance, geographic variation and fitness effects. Genetics, 119, 435–444.
Hoffmann, A A, Turelli, M, and Simmons, G M. 1986. Unidirectional incompatibility between populations of Drosophila simulans. Evolution, 40, 692–701.
Hsiao, T H, and Hsiao, C. 1985. Hybridization and cytoplasmic incompatibility among alfalfa weevil strains. Entomologia exp appl, 37, 155–159.
Kushnir, S, Babiychuk, E, Bannikova, M, Momot, V, Komarnitsky, I, Cherep, N, and Gleba, Y. 1991. Nucleocytoplasmic incompatibility in cybrid plants possessing an Atropa genome and a Nicotiana plastome. Mol Gen Genet, 225, 225–230.
Laven, H. 1967. Speciation and evolution in Culex pipiens. In: Wright, J. W. and Pal, R. (eds) Genetics of Insect Vectors of Disease, pp. 251–275. Elsevier, Amsterdam.
Noda, H. 1984. Cytoplasmic incompatibility in a rice plant-hopper. J Hered, 75, 345–348.
Oliver, C G. 1979. Genetic differentiation and hybrid viability within and between some Lepidoptera species. Am Nat, 114, 681–694.
Overmeer, W P J, and Van Zon, A Q. 1976. Partial reproductive incompatibility between populations of spider mites (Acarina: Tetranychidae). Entomologia exp appl, 20, 225–236.
Richardson, P M, Holmes, W P, and Saul, G B, II. 1987. The effect of tetracycline on nonreciprocal cross incompatibility in Mormoniella [= Nasonia] vitripennis. J Invert Pathol, 50, 176–183.
Rousset, F, and Raymond, M. 1991. Cytoplasmic incompatibility in insects: why sterilize females? Trends Ecol Evol, 6, 54–57.
Stevens, L. 1989. Environmental factors affecting reproductive incompatibility in flour beetles, genus Tribolium. J Invert Pathol, 53, 78–84.
Stevens, L, and Wade, M J. 1990. Cytoplasmically inherited reproductive incompatibility in Tribolium flour beetles: the rate of spread and effect on population size. Genetics, 124, 367–372.
Stevens, L, and Wicklow, D T. 1992. Multispecies interactions affect cytoplasmic incompatibility in Tribolium flour beetles. Am Nat, 140, 642–653.
Thompson, J N. 1987. Symbiont-induced speciation. Biol J Linn Soc, 32, 385–393.
Toriyama, K, Tsunewaki, K, Nonaka, S, and Shimada, T. 1993. A breeding scheme proposed for hybrid wheat utilizing male sterility induced by the interaction between an SV type cytoplasm and a 1BL-1RS chromosome. Jap J Breeding, 43, 517–524.
Trpis, M, Perrone, J B, Reissig, M, and Parker, K L. 1981. Control of cytoplasmic incompatibility in the Aedes scutellaris complex. J Hered, 72, 313–317.
Wade, M J, and Stevens, L. 1985. Microorganism mediated reproductive isolation in flour beetles (genus Tribolium). Science, 227, 527–528.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
Gotoh, T., Oku, H., Moriya, K. et al. Nucleus–cytoplasm interactions causing reproductive incompatibility between two populations of Tetranychus quercivorus Ehara et Gotoh (Acari: Tetranychidae). Heredity 74, 405–414 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1038/hdy.1995.58
Received:
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/hdy.1995.58
Keywords
This article is cited by
-
Hybridisation between host races broadens the host range of offspring in Eotetranychus asiaticus (Acari: Tetranychidae)
Experimental and Applied Acarology (2023)
-
Morphological variation and reproductive incompatibility of three coconut-mite-associated populations of predatory mites identified as Neoseiulus paspalivorus (Acari: Phytoseiidae)
Experimental and Applied Acarology (2011)
-
Cardinium symbionts cause cytoplasmic incompatibility in spider mites
Heredity (2007)
-
Wolbachia-induced cytoplasmic incompatibility in Japanese populations of Tetranychus urticae (Acari: Tetranychidae)
Experimental and Applied Acarology (2007)
-
Wolbachia and nuclear–nuclear interactions contribute to reproductive incompatibility in the spider mite Panonychus mori (Acari: Tetranychidae)
Heredity (2005)