Looking at embryos

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<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title> <jats:p>In Drosophila, the pattern observed in mutant embryos often provides the first indication for the role of the wild-type gene in normal development. The loci which affect embryonic pattern, represent only a small fraction of the total genome and their phenotypes are often very discrete. With practice, new mutations in a given locus can be recognized strictly on abnormalities observed among the unhatched embryos from a mutagenized line. The easy recognizability of embryonic phenotypes greatly simplifies mutagenesis experiments and has proved very useful in subsequent analysis of the mutations obtained.</jats:p>

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  • Drosophila

    Drosophila 179-214, 1998-03-19

    Oxford University PressOxford

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