Lethality patterns and morphology of selected lethal and semi-lethal mutations in the zeste-white region of Drosophila melanogaster.

Genetics ·Vol. 72 ·No. 4 ·1972-12-00 ·Pages 615-38

Shannon MP, Kaufman TC, Shen MW, Judd BH

Abstract

Aspects of the developmental genetics of lethal and semi-lethal mutants representing 13 complementation groups (cistrons) in the 3A-3C region of the X chromosome of Drosophila melanogaster are given. Each of these cistrons is associated with a particular chromomere in the salivary gland chromosome. Mutants within each cistron have similar lethality patterns and morphological attributes, and the characteristics of a given cistron are distinct with respect to other cistrons. These results provide additional evidence that only one function is associated with each chromomere.-The results of the lethality pattern analysis are also compared with previous studies of lethal mutants of Drosophila.

MeSH Terms

Animals Chromosome Mapping Crosses, Genetic Drosophila melanogaster Female Genes, Lethal Genetic Complementation Test Male Mutation Phenotype Sex Chromosomes

Authors & Affiliations

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Shannon M P

Kaufman T C

Shen M W

Judd B H

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Article Info

Journal

Genetics

Abbr.

Genetics

ISSN

0016-6731

DOI

10.1093/genetics/72.4.615

Published

1972-12-00

Pages

615-38

Language

English

Region

United States

NLM ID

0374636

PMCID

PMC1212859

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PubMed source DOI: 10.1093/genetics/72.4.615 PMC Full Text View journal details

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