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The Drosophila homeotic mutation Nasobemia (AntpNs) and its revertants: an analysis of mutational reversion.
Genetics - 1 Nov 1994
Talbert P B, Garber R L
Abstract excerpt
The homeotic gene Antennapedia (Antp) controls determination of many different cell types in the thorax and abdomen of Drosophila melanogaster. The spontaneous mutant allele Nasobemia (AntpNs) and its revertants have been widely used to infer normal Antp gene function but have not themselves been thoroughly characterized. Our analysis reveals that AntpNs consists of an internal 25-kb partial duplication of the...
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