GLOSSARY 



MOSAIC, an individual whose body indicates the 

 possession of more than one genotype by 

 the appearance of varying phenotypes in 

 different regions; for example, in Habro- 

 bracon, individuals with one white and one 

 black eye occur. 



MUTANT, an individual possessing or exhibiting 

 the effect of a changed gene. 



MUTATION, a sudden change in a gene resulting 

 in a new hereditary variation. 



MULTIPLE RECESSIVE, the genotype or phenotype 

 of an individual possessing the recessive 

 alleles of two or more different pairs of 

 genes; or the individual itself. 



N 



NURSE CELLS, cells that alternate in masses 

 with the eggs in the ovarioles of Habro- 

 bracon and other insects. 



OCELLUS, a single eye of an insect borne sepa- 

 rately from others. 



OMMATIDIUM, a single eye of the compound eye of 

 an insect. 



OOGONIUM, a descendant of a primordial repro- 

 ductive cell which will develop into an 

 oocyte. 



OVARIOLE, an egg tube in an insect. 



PARTHENOGENESIS, the development of an Individ 

 ual from an unfertilized egg. 



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