The genetics of white-eye, a sex-linked mutant of Aedes (Stegomyia) cooki Belkin.
A mutant designated white-eye (w) is described from a colony of Aedes cooki. White-eye is sex-linked and recessive and the crossover value with the sex locus is 7.18 +/- 1.38%. The gene w has full penetrance and expressivity at all stages of the life-cycle, but in the adults the eyes darken with age to a yellowish colour.
D000330:Aedes / Q000235:genetics*; D000818:Animals; D003434:Crossing Over, Genetic; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D009154:Mutation; D010858:Pigmentation