GENETIC ANALYSIS OF THE HAIRY LOCUS IN DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER

Abstract

ABSTRACT Mutations of the hairy locus in Drosophila may affect both adult chaeta differentiation and embryonic segmentation. In an effort to understand this phenotypic complexity, we have analyzed 30 mutant alleles of the locus. We find that the alleles fall into four groups according to their complementation properties, suggesting a structurally complex locus in which two distinct functions share a common coding region.

Keywords

Locus (genetics)BiologyDrosophila melanogasterGeneticsComplementationAllelePhenotypeMutantGene

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Cancer Genetics (United States) US

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Year: 1985
Type: article
Volume: 111
Issue: 3
Pages: 463-486
Citations: 81
Access: Closed

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                                    Philip W. Ingham, 
                                
                                    Sheena M. Pinchin, 
                                
                                    K.R. Howard
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (1985). 
                            GENETIC ANALYSIS OF THE HAIRY LOCUS IN <i>DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER</i>. 
                            Genetics
                            , 111
                            (3)
                            , 463-486.
                            https://doi.org/10.1093/genetics/111.3.463
                        

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DOI: 10.1093/genetics/111.3.463

GENETIC ANALYSIS OF THE HAIRY LOCUS IN <i>DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER</i>