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119822

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:dateCreated
1980-5-14
pubmed:abstractText
The recessive mutation apterous-blot in Drosophila melanogaster causes replacement of posterior wing structures by anterior ones, with variable penetrance and expressivity. Extreme transformations resemble mirror-image duplicate anterior wings as in the mutant engrailed. Anterior structures in the posterior wing only appear on the dorsal surface. Duplications solely of posterior structures are also seen. Clonal analysis shows that extra cell proliferation occurs in the posterior area but is complete by 108 h after egg deposition. Lineage analysis is consistent with a clonal perpetuation of the transformation. Genetic mosaics to test the cell-autonomy of apterous-blot show that it is not autonomously expressed in clones. The results of lineage analysis, the phenotypes of combinations of apterous-blot with other apterous alleles including a deletion for the locus and with various other homoeotic mutations, are together used to distinguish three alternative modes of action of this mutation. It is concluded that apterous-blot is unlikely to be a selector gene mutation but instead may cause the transformation by an event like transdetermination following a local failure in cell function in the wing disc.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0022-0752
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
53
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
291-303
pubmed:dateRevised
2003-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1979
pubmed:articleTitle
Replacement of posterior by anterior structures in the Drosophila wing caused by the mutation apterous-blot.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article