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Three new eye-colour mutations inDrosophila pseudo-obscura

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1. Three new sex-linked eye-colour mutants ofDrosophila pseudo-obscura are described and named: buff, rust and rust2.

2. Buff is an allele of white and eosin and has been given the symbolw b. Rust and rust2 are located 28 cross-over units to the right of vermilion and 20 to the left of sepia.

3. The combined effects of these with other eye-colour genes are described.

4. The development and histology of rust have been studied in detail and compared with wildtype.

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    Flora Cochrane

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Cochrane, F. Three new eye-colour mutations inDrosophila pseudo-obscura . Journ. of Genetics 36, 1–9 (1938). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02982369

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