LIGHT-DEPENDENT PUPATION SITE PREFERENCES IN DROSOPHILA - BEHAVIOR OF ADULT VISUAL MUTANTS
LIGHT-DEPENDENT PUPATION SITE PREFERENCES IN DROSOPHILA - BEHAVIOR OF ADULT VISUAL MUTANTS
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DOI：
10.1016/s0163-1047(81)91409-6
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发表时间：
1981-01-01
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通讯作者：
MARKOW, TA
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作者：
MARKOW, TA
A method for measuring the influence of light on pupation site preferences, PSP, of late 3rd-instar Drosophila is described. Wild-type strains of D. melanogaster all are characterized by dark PSPs. Strains of flies having mutations that render adults blind due to structural abnormalities of the compound eye show no alterations in PSP. Flies carrying the mutant trpCM show normal PSPs. Severe mutations at the norpA locus appear to leave larvae blind and cause blindness in adults. The norpA locus is believed to control a protein intermediate in the phototransduction process. The step controlled by the norpA locus probably is common to the photoreceptors of larvae and adult flies. Genes controlling structural components of the compound eye of adults are evidently not important for light-dependent behavior in preimaginal stages.
