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    Atlas of Drosophila Morphology: Wild-type and Classical Mutants
    Atlas of Drosophila Morphology: Wild-type and Classical Mutants
    Atlas of Drosophila Morphology: Wild-type and Classical Mutants
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    Atlas of Drosophila Morphology: Wild-type and Classical Mutants

    By Sylwester Chyb and Nicolas Gompel

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    The Atlas of Drosophila Morphology: Wild-type and Classical Mutants is the guide every Drosophila researcher wished they had when first learning genetic markers, and the tool they wish they had now as a handy reference in their lab research. Previously, scientists had only poor-quality images or sketches to work with, and then scattered resources online - but no single visual resource quickly at their fingertips when explaining markers to new members of the lab, or selecting flies to do their genetic crosses, or hybrids.

    This alphabetized guide to Drosophila genetic markers lays flat in the lab for easy referencing. It contains high-resolution images of flies and the appropriate marker on the left side of each page and helpful information for the marker on the facing page, such as symbol, gene name, synonyms, chromosome location, brief informative description of the morphology, and comments on marker reliability. A companion website with updated information, useful links, and additional data provided by the authors complements this extremely valuable resource.

    • Provides an opening chapter with a well-illustrated introduction to Drosophila morphology
    • Features high-resolution illustrations, including those of the most common markers used by Drosophila researchers
    • Contains brief, practical descriptions and tips for deciphering the phenotype
    • Includes material relevant for beginners and the most experienced fly pushers
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAcademic Press
    Release dateMar 23, 2013
    ISBN9780123846891
    Atlas of Drosophila Morphology: Wild-type and Classical Mutants
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    Sylwester Chyb

    Sylwester Chyb is a Visiting Scholar at Trinity College, University of Cambridge. He is interested in the molecular mechanisms underlying insect sensory systems.

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      Atlas of Drosophila Morphology - Sylwester Chyb

      Atlas of Drosophila Morphology

      Wild-type and classical mutants

      Sylwester Chyb

      Trinity College, University of Cambridge, UK

      Nicolas Gompel

      Institut de Biologie du Devéloppement, CNRS, Marseille, France

      Table of Contents

      Cover image

      Title page

      Copyright

      Dedication

      Foreword

      Introduction

      How to use this book

      Resources

      Technical notes

      Acknowledgments

      Wild-type morphology

      Basics

      Sexual dimorphism

      Head

      Head appendages

      Thorax (dorsal view)

      Thorax (lateral view)

      Wings and halteres

      Legs

      Life stages: third instar larva and pupa

      Pupal development

      Eclosion and virgins

      Bristle markers

      Bristle Bl

      diminutive dm

      extra macrochaetae emc

      forked f

      hairy h

      Humeral Hu(AntpHu)

      javelin jv

      Minute M

      Pin Pin

      scute sc

      Scutoid Sco(snaSco)

      singed sn

      Sternopleural Sp(wgSp-1)

      spineless ss

      Stubble Sb

      Wing markers

      cubitus interruptus ci

      cut ct

      curled cu

      Curly Cy

      Dichaete D

      dumpy dp

      Lyra Ly

      miniature m

      Notch N

      radius incompletus ri(kniri-1)

      Serrate Ser

      veinlet ve(rhove-1)

      vestigial vg

      wingless wg

      Xasta Xa

      Markers of other appendages

      aristaless al

      Antennapedia Antp

      Distal-less Dll

      Sex combs reduced Scr

      thread th

      Ultrabithorax Ubx

      Eye shape markers

      Bar B

      Deformed Dfd

      Drop Dr

      eyeless-dominant ey

      Glued Gl

      glass gl

      Glazed Gla(wgGla)

      Irregular facets If(KrIf-1)

      Lobe L

      ocelliless oc

      rough ro

      Rough eye Roi(amosRoi)

      roughoid ru

      Eye color markers

      brown bw

      claret ca

      cinnabar cn

      garnet g

      Henna Hn

      karmoisin kar

      light lt

      Moiré Mé

      pink p

      purple pr

      rosy ry

      sepia se

      scarlet st

      vermillion v

      white w

      Body markers

      Black cells Bc

      ebony e

      pentagon ptg

      speck sp

      Tubby Tb

      yellow y

      Marker summary plates

      Thorax

      Eye shape

      Eye color

      Wings

      Balancer chromosomes

      First Multiple 6 FM6

      First Multiple 7a FM7a

      First Multiple 7c FM7c

      First Multiple 7d FM7d

      First Multiple 7i FM7i

      Curly of Oster CyO

      Second Multiple 1 SM1

      Second Multiple 5 SM5

      Second Multiple 6a SM6a

      Second Multiple 6b SM6b

      Translocation CyO-TM9 T(2;3)CyO-TM9

      Minute-Rosy-Stubble MRS

      Minute-Karmoisin- Rosy-Stubble MKRS

      Third Multiple 1 TM1

      Third Multiple 2 TM2

      Third Multiple 3 TM3

      Third Multiple 6 TM6

      Third Multiple 6B TM6B

      Third Multiple 6C TM6C

      Third Multiple 8 TM8

      Third Multiple 9 TM9

      D. melanogaster subgroup species

      D. melanogaster

      D. simulans

      D. sechellia

      D. mauritania

      D. teissieri

      D. erecta

      D. orena

      D. yakuba

      D. santomea

      Male epandria summary plates

      Index

      Copyright

      Academic Press is an imprint of Elsevier

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      Copyright © 2013 Nicolas Gompel. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved

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      No responsibility is assumed by the publisher for any injury and/or damage to persons or property as a matter of products liability, negligence or otherwise, or from any use or operation of any methods, products, instructions or ideas contained in the material herein.

      British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data

      A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library

      Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

      A catalog record for this book is available from the Library of Congress

      ISBN: 978-0-12-384688-4

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      Dedication

      We dedicate this book to Marta (Sylwester), and to Elora and Ingrid (Nicolas)

      Foreword

      Of course, there is hardly anything that has missed the digital revolution. FlyBase has come to dominate those of us who do fly genetics so much that it is hard to recall the old days. I first started thinking it was time to switch to Drosophila in about 1971 and I went to Madrid to be taught fly lore by Antonio Garcia Bellido and his students such as Ginés Morata and Pedro Ripoll. The Red Book by Lindsley and Grell (later Lindsley and Zimm) was our bible, copies were so much used that they fell apart after a year or so. The wonderful drawings of Edith M Wallace were an indispensable part of that book; for us they were essential to learn mutant genotypes and distinguish phenotypes. Then in the last two decades we have turned to our computers for genotypes, names, chromosomal locations, papers on particular genes,

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