STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING OF PIGMENTATION IN DROSOPHILA

这个子项目是许多研究子项目中利用 资源由NIH/NCRR资助的中心拨款提供。子项目和 调查员(PI)可能从NIH的另一个来源获得了主要资金， 并因此可以在其他清晰的条目中表示。列出的机构是 该中心不一定是调查人员的机构。 Jason Mezey和Brooke LaFlamme正在研究果蝇色素沉着的结构方程模型。果蝇的色素沉着是由黑色素引起的。由于黑色素具有很强的ESR信号，通过记录黑色素信号，可以直接估计单个果蝇的总色素沉着或同一组几个果蝇样本的平均色素沉着。预计该方法比传统的显微镜下对色素沉着程度的目测估计更准确，耗时更少。

This subproject is one of many research subprojects utilizing the resources provided by a Center grant funded by NIH/NCRR. The subproject and investigator (PI) may have received primary funding from another NIH source, and thus could be represented in other CRISP entries. The institution listed is for the Center, which is not necessarily the institution for the investigator. Jason Mezey and Brooke LaFlamme are working on the structural equation modeling of pigmentation in drosophila. Pigmentation in drosophila is caused by melanin. Since melanin has a strong ESR signal, an estimate of total pigmentation for a single fly or average pigmentation for a sample of several flies from the same group can be directly done by recording the melanin signal. The method was expected to be more precise and less time-consuming than traditional visual estimate of the pigmentation extent under microscope.