Interactions among modifiers of retrotransposon-induced alleles of the white locus of Drosophila melanogaster.

doi:10.1017/s0016672300025453

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Interactions among modifiers of retrotransposon-induced alleles of the white locus of Drosophila melanogaster.

Genetical research - 1 Jun 1990

Rabinow L, Birchler J

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Mutations in five loci that modify the phenotype of whiteapricot (wa), caused by the retrotransposon, copia, were examined in two-way combinations to determine whether their effects were additive or epistatic. All two-way combinations of mutations in these five loci, mottler of white (mw), suppre...

Topics

Alleles
Animals
DNA Transposable Elements
Drosophila melanogaster
Female
Male
Mutation
Phenotype

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