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torpid a new sex-linked paralytic mutation in Drosophila melanogaster

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A new temperature-sensitive paralytic locus on the X chromosome of Drosophila melanogaster called torpid is described. Mosaic analysis shows that the focus of defect in torp lies in the presumptive neural region of the blastoderm. Electrophosiological tests indicate that the excitability of the cervical axons is lowered at elevated temperatures.

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  1. Satpal Singh

    Present address: Unit of Animal Behaviour, School of Biological Sciences, Madurai University, Madurai, India

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  1. Molecular Biology Unit, T.I.F.R., Homi Bhabha Road, 400005, Bombay, India

    Satpal Singh & O. Siddiqi

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Singh, S., Siddiqi, O. torpid a new sex-linked paralytic mutation in Drosophila melanogaster . Molec. Gen. Genet. 181, 400–402 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00425619

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