Drop out: a third chromosome maternal-effect locus required for formation of the Drosophila cellular blastoderm.

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Drop out: a third chromosome maternal-effect locus required for formation of the Drosophila cellular blastoderm.

Molecular reproduction and development - 1 Aug 1992

Galewsky S, Schulz R A

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drop out (dop) is a recessive maternal-effect locus identified in a screen for female-sterile mutations in Drosophila polytene region 71C-F. Phenotypic analyses of the dop mutation indicate that the gene is required for proper formation of the cellular blastoderm. In embryos derived from either h...

Topics

Animals
Blastoderm
Chromosomes
Crosses, Genetic
Drosophila
Female
Genes, Recessive
Male
Mutation
Phenotype

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