A new biological rhythm mutant of Drosophila melanogaster that identifies a gene with an essential embryonic function.

doi:10.1093/genetics/135.4.1077

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A new biological rhythm mutant of Drosophila melanogaster that identifies a gene with an essential embryonic function.

Genetics - 1 Dec 1993

Newby L M, Jackson F R

Abstract excerpt

To identify components of a circadian pacemaker output pathway, we have sought Drosophila mutations that alter the timing of eclosion but do not perturb circadian period or the expression of the activity rhythm. A mutant named lark has been identified, for which daily peaks of eclosion occur abno...

Topics

Alleles
Animals
Chromosome Mapping
Circadian Rhythm
DNA
DNA Transposable Elements
Drosophila melanogaster
Female
Genes, Lethal
Larva
Male
Metamorphosis, Biological
Mutagenesis, Insertional
Phenotype
RNA, Messenger
Transcription, Genetic
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