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Genetic mapping and phenotypic analysis of shotH.3.2 in Drosophila melanogaster
Genetic screens are used to identify genes involved in specific biological processes. An EMS mutagenesis screen in
Drosophila melanogaster identified growth control phenotypes in the developing eye. One mutant line from this screen,
H.3.2, was phenotypically characterized using the FLP/FRT system and genetically mapped by complementation analysis
and genomic sequencing by undergraduate students participating in the multi-institution Fly-CURE consortium. H.3.2 was
found to have a nonsense mutation in short stop (shot), an ortholog of the mammalian spectraplakin dystonin (DST). shot
and DST are involved in cytoskeletal organization and play roles during cell growth and proliferation.
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- Award ID(s):
- 2021146
- NSF-PAR ID:
- 10294566
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- Journal Name:
- microPublication biology
- ISSN:
- 2578-9430
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- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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