Title: Development of the temperature-sensitive homoeotic mutant Ophthalmoptera of Drosophila melanogaster
Abstract: The mutant stock eyeless-ophthalmoptera of Drosophila melanogaster develops normally at 17°C, but the eye produces an outgrowth of wing tissue at 29°C. High temperature is effective in altering phenotype only if applied during the second instar. This demonstrates a genetically controlled developmental process acting during mid-larval life which determines whether cells of the optic imaginal disc embark upon a developmental pathway leading to wing or to eye.
Publication Year: 1974
Publication Date: 1974-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref', 'pubmed']
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