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The drosophila aeroplane mutant is caused by an I-element insertion into a tissue-specific teashirt enhancer motif.
Genome - 1 Oct 2001
Soanes K H, Bell J B
Abstract excerpt
In Drosophila melanogaster, aeroplane (ae) is a regulatory allele of teashirt (tsh), and the mutant wing posture phenotype of homozygous ae flies is caused by a defect in the hinge region of the wing, whereby the base of the wing at the proximal ventral radius is fused to the thorax in the region of the pleural wing process. The apparent paralysis of the wings and the drooping halteres are caused by an I-element...
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