The mutations previously designated as flightless-I3, flightless-O2 and standby are members of the W-2 lethal complementation group at the base of the X-chromosome of Drosophila melanogaster.

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By using a well defined panel of chromosomal deficiencies, duplications and lethals, we have mapped three mutations causing flightlessness, flightless-I3, flightless-O2 and standby, to a single lethal complementation group (termed W-2) at the base of the X-chromosome of D. melanogaster. We also show that a fourth flightless mutation, termed grounded, previously mapped near to the base of the X-chromosome, is...

Topics

• Alleles
• Animals
• Centromere
• Chromosome Mapping
• Drosophila melanogaster
• Flight, Animal
• Genes, Lethal
• Genetic Complementation Test
• Genotype
• Mitosis
• Muscles