Article
Clock mutations alter developmental timing in Drosophila.
Heredity - 1 Jun 1990
Kyriacou C P, Oldroyd M, Wood J, Sharp M, Hill M
Abstract excerpt
The developmental time of period mutants in Drosophila melanogaster was monitored under different environmental conditions. We observed that the pers mutants, which have short 19 h circadian cycles, develop faster from eggs to adult than the wild-type: perL mutants, which have long 28 h circadian rhythms, complete development more slowly than the wild-type. These results suggest that endogenous timers may be...
Topics
- Analysis of Variance
- Animals
- Biological Clocks
- Drosophila melanogaster
- Larva
- Mutation
- Ovum
- Time Factors