Hybrid dysgenesis-induced quantitative variation on the X chromosome of Drosophila melanogaster.

doi:10.1093/genetics/124.3.627

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Hybrid dysgenesis-induced quantitative variation on the X chromosome of Drosophila melanogaster.

Genetics - 1 Mar 1990

Lai C Q, Mackay T F

Abstract excerpt

To determine the ability of the P-M hybrid dysgenesis system of Drosophila melanogaster to generate mutations affecting quantitative traits, X chromosome lines were constructed in which replicates of isogenic M and P strain X chromosomes were exposed to a dysgenic cross, a nondysgenic cross, or a...

Topics

Animals
Crosses, Genetic
DNA Transposable Elements
Drosophila melanogaster
Female
Genetic Variation
Male
Mutation
Phenotype
X Chromosome

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