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"A fly appeared": sable, a classic Drosophila mutation, maps to Yippee, a gene affecting body color, wings, and bristles.
G3 (Bethesda, Md.) - 6 May 2022
Dean Derek M, Deitcher David L, Paster Caleigh O, Xu Manting, Loehlin David W
Abstract excerpt
Insect body color is an easily assessed and visually engaging trait that is informative on a broad range of topics including speciation, biomaterial science, and ecdysis. Mutants of the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster have been an integral part of body color research for more than a century. As a result of this long tenure, backlogs of body color mutations have remained unmapped to their genes, all while their...
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