Journal of Insect Biotechnology and Sericology
Online ISSN : 1884-7978
Print ISSN : 1346-8073
ISSN-L : 1346-8073
Volume 93, Issue 3
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  • Tsuguru Fujii, Kuwazaki Seigo, Hiroaki Abe, Toshiaki Fujimoto, Masato ...
    2024Volume 93Issue 3 Pages 3_023-3_034
    Published: 2024
    Released on J-STAGE: April 14, 2025
    JOURNAL FREE ACCESS

     The silkworm Bombyx mori TWPB strain has a large chromosome formed by the fusion of the W chromosome with a fragment of chromosome 2 and chromosome 5. The chromosome 2 region of chromosome W-II-V has pB mutation which causes the larval integument to be black. Larvae with exceptional phenotypes—such as black (pB) and moricaud (pM) males that are presumably generated by fission event occurring in chromosome W-II-V—occasionally occur during the maintenance of the TWPB strain. In the pM male progenies, segregated in the TWPB strain, fragment consisting of chromosome 2 and 5 dissociate from W-II-V chromosome and fuse with chromosomes Z and 13, generating two new fused chromosomes Z-II-V and XIII-II-V. Using bacterial artificial chromosome clones and fluorescent in situ hybridization (BAC-FISH mapping), we analyzed the structure of the fused chromosomes. We also analyzed their structures using the recombination values between pM and phenotypic markers in the chromosomes Z and 13. Further, using a PCR-based molecular marker, we confirmed that no protein-coding genes on chromosomes Z and 13 were lost due to the fusion events. Moreover, we found through the crossing experiments with Z-II-V strain that the fusion resulted in the formation of neo-Z/W neo-W sex chromosome constitution. The TWPB strain and the TWPB-derived-novel-fusion-carrying strains are useful for the genetic and molecular cytogenic analysis of the chromosomal rearrangements in lepidopterans.

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