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Phenodeviants and the chromosome field theory inDrosophila

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The occurrence inDrosophila melanogaster of the two phenodeviants hemithorax and “sexless” in a scutellar bristle selection line was investigated. An allele of the mutantblistery was implicated in the production of the hemithorax phenodeviant following failure to localize contributing factors by normal chromosome balancer tests.

Upon investigation of the occurrence of these phenodeviants in other stocks ofDrosophila an association was found with certain chromosome regions which may make some generalized contribution to development. This finding is in agreement with the idea inherent inGoldschmidt's theory of the role of chromosome fields in development.

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Lee, G.L. Phenodeviants and the chromosome field theory inDrosophila . Genetica 39, 379–384 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02324478

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