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Table 1 Induction methods and focal strains

From: Two developmental switch points for the wing polymorphisms in the pea aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum

Morph

Strain

Induction method

References

Wingless malea

08Ap1, 06D

Rearing mother aphids (viviparous) under short-day conditions

[8, 11, 25]

Winged malea

ApL, 06D

Rearing mother aphids (viviparous) under short-day conditions

[8, 11, 25]

Wingless viviparous femaleb

ApL

Rearing mother aphids (viviparous) under low-density conditions

[8–10]

Winged viviparous femaleb

ApL

Rearing mother aphids (viviparous) under high-density conditions

[8–10]

Oviparous female (wingless)c

ApL

Rearing mother aphids (viviparous) under short-day conditions

[9, 25]

Fundatrix (wingless)c

ApL × ApL

By mating male and oviparous female

[9, 13, 26]

  1. See Methods for detail of induction method.
  2. aGenetic wing polymorphism.
  3. bWing polyphenism.
  4. cMonomorphic wingless.