Article
Effects of P element insertions on quantitative traits in Drosophila melanogaster.
Genetics - 1 Feb 1992
Mackay T F, Lyman R F, Jackson M S
Abstract excerpt
P element mutagenesis was used to construct 94 third chromosome lines of Drosophila melanogaster which contained on average 3.1 stable P element inserts, in an inbred host strain background previously free of P elements. The homozygous and heterozygous effects of the inserts on viability and abdominal and sternopleural bristle number were ascertained by comparing the chromosome lines with inserts to insert-free...
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