Article
Phenotypic consequences and genetic interactions of a null mutation in the Drosophila Posterior Sex Combs gene.
Developmental genetics - 1 Jan 1991
Adler P N, Martin E C, Charlton J, Jones K
Abstract excerpt
The Posterior Sex Combs (Psc) gene of Drosophila is a member of the Polycomb (Pc) group of transregulatory genes. Previous analyses of the function of this gene in Drosophila embryogenesis have been hampered by the lack of a null mutation. We recently isolated a mutation that deletes the 5' end of the Psc gene. This allele appears to be a null mutation, and we have used it to determine the Psc zygotic null...
Topics
- Animals
- Drosophila
- Genes, Regulator
- Homozygote
- Mutation
- Phenotype