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A single gene (yes) controls pigmentation of eyes and scales in Heliothis virescens.
Journal of insect science (Online) - 1 Jan 2001
Brown T M, Cho S Y, Evans C L, Park S, Pimprale S S, Bryson P K
Abstract excerpt
A yellow-eyed mutant was discovered in a strain of Heliothis virescens, the tobacco budworm, that already exhibited a mutation for yellow scale, y. We investigated the inheritance of these visible mutations as candidate markers for transgenesis. Yellow eye was controlled by a single, recessive, autosomal factor, the same type of inheritance previously known for y. Presence of the recombinant mutants with yellow...
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