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Differences in bristle-making abilities in scute and wild-type Drosophila melanogaster

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 April 2009

S. S. Y. Young  and
R. C. Lewontin
S. S. Y. Young
Affiliation:
C.S.I.R.O., Division of Animal Genetics, Delhi Road, North Ryde, N.S.W., Australia
R. C. Lewontin
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, The University of Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.

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Difference in bristle-making abilities in extreme scute and in wild-type Drosophila were investigated using flies mosaic for the two kinds of tissues. It was found that both wild-type and scute tissues were autonomous with respect to bristle differentiation. From the experimental evidence it was postulated that the differences in bristle-making abilities between the two genotypes might be due to differences in tissue competence rather than differences in pre-pattern or in level of bristle-making substances.

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Research Article
Information
Genetics Research , Volume 7 , Issue 3 , June 1966 , pp. 295 - 301
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1966

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