Skip to main content

Table 1 Experimental crosses performed between T. sordida La Paz and T. sordida s.s.

From: Triatoma sordida (Hemiptera, Triatominae) from La Paz, Bolivia: an incipient species or an intraspecific chromosomal polymorphism?

 

Number of eggs

Egg fertility (%)

C1

C2

C3

Total

Crossing experiments

 T. sordida La Paz ♀ × T. sordida s.s. ♂

60

92

200

352

86

 T. sordida s.s. ♀ × T. sordida La Paz ♂

64

68

225

357

85

 Hybrid F1 ♀ × Hybrid F1 ♂a

79

274

353

85

 Hybrid F1 ♀ × Hybrid F1 ♂b

189

108

297

93

 Hybrid F2 ♀ × Hybrid F2 ♂c

200

139

339

64

 Hybrid F2 ♀ × Hybrid F2 ♂d

122

150

272

67

Control experiments

 T. sordida La Paz ♀ × T. sordida La Paz ♂

132

164

35

331

53

 T. sordida s.s. ♀ × T. sordida s.s. ♂

286

126

178

590

73

  1. Hybrids of the crosses: abetween T. sordida La Paz ♀ × T. sordida s.s. ♂; bbetween T. sordida s.s. ♀ × T. sordida La Paz ♂; cbetween hybrids F1 from T. sordida La Paz ♀ × T. sordida s.s. ♂; dbetween hybrids F1 from T. sordida s.s. ♀ × T. sordida La Paz ♂. C1, C2, and C3: replicates of experimental crosses, F1: first-generation, F2: second-generation