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Genetic and developmental analysis of puparium formation in Drosophila

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Five new mutants were isolated on the X-chromosome which prevent or substantially delay puparium formation and subsequent metamorphosis without affecting larval development. The mutant phenotype probably involves stage-specific gene functions unimportant for the larval development but vital for puparium formation and for the beginning of metamorphosis. Two mutants gave larval-puparial gynanders (LPG) and could not be induced to pupariate by the implanted wild type ring gland. The block in these is possibly in some ecdysone-inducible autonomous functions of the larval hypoderm. The other 3 mutants did not form LPG while the implanted wild type ring gland induced pupariation. These mutants presumably have a low, subthreshold amount of ecdysone which is not able to induce pupariation.

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    I. Kiss, J. Szabad & J. Major

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Kiss, I., Szabad, J. & Major, J. Genetic and developmental analysis of puparium formation in Drosophila . Molec. Gen. Genet. 164, 77–83 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00267601

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