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A high-frequency null mutant of an odorant-binding protein gene, Obp57e, in Drosophila melanogaster.
Genetics - 1 Jun 2005
Takahashi Aya, Takano-Shimizu Toshiyuki
Abstract excerpt
We have found a null mutant of an odorant-binding protein, Obp57e, in Drosophila melanogaster. This frameshift mutation, which is a 10-bp deletion in the coding region, is at a high frequency in the Kyoto population and is also present in Taiwan and Africa. We have sequenced a 1.5-kb region including the tandemly duplicated gene, Obp57d, from 16 inbred lines sampled in Kyoto, Japan. The analyses showed a peak of...
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