Prohammer L A, Wade M J
Behav Genet. 1981 Jul;11(4):395-401. doi: 10.1007/BF01070822.
Five recently collected wild strains of the flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum, from Spain, Japan, and the United States were tested for phenotypic differences in the proclivity toward death feigning and in the duration of feints. Subsequently, the genetic basis for the observed geographic differences was established by within-strain and between-strain reciprocal crosses of the two most divergent strains. The results indicate that simple additive genetic factors are involved in the transmission of this behavior, with no detectable differences between sexes or evidence of maternal effects.
对最近从西班牙、日本和美国采集的5种赤拟谷盗野生菌株进行了假死倾向和装死持续时间的表型差异测试。随后，通过两个差异最大菌株的菌株内和菌株间正反交，确定了观察到的地理差异的遗传基础。结果表明，简单的加性遗传因素参与了这种行为的传递，两性之间没有可检测到的差异，也没有母体效应的证据。
