Article
Palp-antenna, a homeotic mutant in Aedes aegypti.
The Journal of heredity - 1 Jan 2000
Petersen J L, Larsen J R, Craig G B
Abstract excerpt
Palp-antenna is a homeotic mutant of Aedes aegypti that modifies the apex of the maxillary palps of both sexes into a variable number of antenna-like segments. The fine structure of the antenna, including sexual dimorphism, is apparent in the mutant palps. Palp-antenna is a sex-linked recessive....
Topics
- Aedes
- Animals
- Chromosome Mapping
- Crosses, Genetic
- Crossing Over, Genetic
- Female
- Genes, Recessive
- Genetic Linkage
- Male
- Mutation
- Phenotype
- Recombination, Genetic
- Sex Factors