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A method of isolating temperature-sensitive (ts) mutations blocking clone development, based on the analysis of twin spots produced by X-ray induced somatic recombination is reported. From this screen 10 ts mutations were recovered which caused an absence of the lethal-bearing clone at the restrictive temperature. Eight of these mutations were analyzed. Seven proved to be autonomous ts cell lethals and one was an autonomous ts mutation which reversibly affected cell division and growth of imaginal disc cells and growth of larval cells. The effects on development of one of the cell lethal mutations,l(1)ts-504, are described. Heat pulses (29°C) 24–72 hrs long caused a high frequency (up to 90%) of morphologically abnormal animals. The abnormalities observed were of two major kinds: deficiencies and duplications of imaginal disc derivatives. In addition, alterations of tarsal segmentations occurred. Heat pulses to larvae also delayed pupariation and eclosion by as much as four days. In general, longer pulses led to a greater delay in pupariation and eclosion and a higher frequency of deficiencies and duplications than shorter pulses. Exposure to restrictive temperature early in larval development delayed pupariation and resulted in mostly normal animals; exposure during the second and early third larval instar also delayed pupariation and led to a high frequency of duplications; exposure later in larval life, i.e. mid and late third larval instar, caused no delay in pupariation but led to a high frequency of deficiencies. These results can be explained by the occurrence of areas of cell death, which can be seen in the imaginal discs of larvae exposed to restrictive temperature by staining with trypan blue. This conclusion is further supported by the observation in gynandromorphs of duplications of female nonmutant tissue. These results are discussed in relation to current theories of pattern formation.
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Simpson, P., Schneiderman, H.A. Isolation of temperature sensitive mutations blocking clone development inDrosophila melanogaster, and the effects of a temperature sensitive cell lethal mutation on pattern formation in imaginal discs. Wilhelm Roux' Archiv 178, 247–275 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00848432
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