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Mutant analysis by rescue gene excision: New tools for mosaic studies in Drosophila.
Genesis (New York, N.Y. : 2000) - 1 Nov 2016
Zhou Qingxiang, Neal Scott J, Pignoni Francesca
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A host of classical and molecular genetic tools make Drosophila a tremendous model for the dissection of gene activity. In particular, the FLP-FRT technique for mitotic recombination has greatly enhanced gene loss-of-function analysis. This technique efficiently induces formation of homozygous mutant clones in tissues of heterozygous organisms. However, the dependence of the FLP-FRT method on cell division, and...
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