Table 2 Tet-off revertant lethal F2 and F3 survivors reared on Tet-free diet.

From: Genetic breakdown of a Tet-off conditional lethality system for insect population control

Survivor lines

w[m] backcross F2 survivors

% unmarked

% Red and Cyan (revertant)

% Red or Cyan (recombinant)

F3 maternal effect survivorsa

Primary site

 9-f1

209

46.4

43.1

10.5

 18-f1

212

45.8

42.0

12.2

 21-f1

251

52.2

39.4

8.4

 44-m1

91

46.2

53.8

0

 45-f1

244

50.0

39.8

10.2

 62-f1

197

47.7

40.1

12.2

 65-m2

117

54.7

45.3

0

Second site

 2-f1

107

78.5

1.9

19.6

+

 5-f1

105

54.3

32.4

13.3

+

 14-f1

86

75.6

3.5

20.9

+

 14-f2

72

70.8

16.7

12.5

+

 16-f1

55

72.7

10.9

16.4

+

 26-f1

12

75.0

8.3

16.7

+

 27-f1

151

77.5

4.6

17.9

+

 49-f1

69

81.2

1.4

17.4

+

 55-f1

58

74.1

8.6

17.2

+

 69-f1

67

76.1

3.0

20.9

+

 70-f1

117

80.3

5.1

14.5

+

 73-f1

128

79.7

2.3

18.0

+

 79-f1

71

77.5

2.8

19.7

+

  1. a(−) absence of maternal effect heritability based on F3 R/C surviving progeny from both R/C F2 females and R/C F2 males backcrossed to w[m]; (+) maternal effect heritability based on F3 R/C surviving progeny only from R/C F2 females backcrossed to w[m] males and not from backcrossed R/C F2 males.