Article
smellblind: a gene required for Drosophila olfaction.
Genetics - 1 Feb 1990
Lilly M, Carlson J
Abstract excerpt
In this article we define and characterize the smellblind gene (sbl). We show that two mutants, sbl and olfDx9, both isolated by virtue of their olfactory phenotypes and analyzed extensively by others with respect to courtship behavior, contain mutations at a single locus. Meiotic recombination,...
Topics
- Alleles
- Animals
- Chromosome Mapping
- Drosophila melanogaster
- Genes, Lethal
- Genetic Complementation Test
- Hot Temperature
- Mutation
- Phenotype
- Recombination, Genetic
- Smell
- X Chromosome