A Dubious Case for Somatic Mutation Generating Unstable Morphological Variations of Compound Eyes of Drosophila melanogaster

Proceedings of the Japan Academy, Series B Volume 67 Issue 10 Page 193-186 published_at 1991
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A Dubious Case for Somatic Mutation Generating Unstable Morphological Variations of Compound Eyes of Drosophila melanogaster
Creator
Koga Akihiko
Watanabe Takao K.
Masuzawa Yoshikazu
Source Title
Proceedings of the Japan Academy, Series B
Volume 67
Issue 10
Start Page 193
End Page 186
Abstract
The eyeless Nanjo is a mutation that was found in a natural population of Drosophila melanogaster. Genetic analysis of this mutant revealed the following characteristics of this mutation. (1) The homozygous eyelessness is caused by a single recessive mutation which prevents the normal development of compound eyes. (2) An extremely variable morphological eye phenotype was generated by the introduction of a different genetic background to this mutant. (3) The estimated germ line reversion rate was very high. These results suggest that an extremely variable morphological eye phenotype might result from spontaneous somatic excision of some kind of a transposable element.
Keywords
Eyeless mutation
Drosophila melanogaster
somatic mutation
transposable element
NDC
Biology [ 460 ]
Language
eng
Resource Type journal article
Publisher
日本学士院
Date of Issued 1991
Rights
Copyright (c) 1991 The Japan Academy
Publish Type Version of Record
Access Rights open access
Source Identifier
[ISSN] 0386-2208
[DOI] 10.2183/pjab.67.193
[NCID] AA00785485
[DOI] http://dx.doi.org/10.2183/pjab.67.193