Article
Pleiotropic effects of methoprene-tolerant (Met), a gene involved in juvenile hormone metabolism, on life history traits in Drosophila melanogaster.
Genetica - 1 Oct 2004
Flatt Thomas, Kawecki Tadeusz J
Abstract excerpt
Life history theory assumes that there are alleles with pleiotropic effects on fitness components. Although quantitative genetic data are often consistent with pleiotropy, there are few explicit examples of pleiotropic loci. The Drosophila melanogaster gene Methoprene-tolerant (Met) may be such a locus. The Met gene product, a putative juvenile hormone receptor, facilitates the action of juvenile hormone (JH) and...
Topics
- Analysis of Variance
- Animals
- Animals, Genetically Modified
- Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Transcription Factors
- Crosses, Genetic
- Drosophila Proteins
- Drosophila melanogaster
- Female
- Genetic Complementation Test
- Haplotypes
- Juvenile Hormones
- Male
- Multivariate Analysis
- Mutation
- Trans-Activators