Clock Mutants of Drosophila melanogaster
RJ Konopka, S Benzer - Proceedings of the National …, 1971 - National Acad Sciences
RJ Konopka, S Benzer
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 1971•National Acad SciencesThree mutants have been isolated in which the normal 24-hour rhythm is drastically
changed. One mutant is arrhythmic; another has a period of 19 hr; a third has a period of 28
hr. Both the eclosion rhythm of a population and the locomotor activity of individual flies are
affected. All these mutations appear to involve the same functional gene on the X
chromosome.
changed. One mutant is arrhythmic; another has a period of 19 hr; a third has a period of 28
hr. Both the eclosion rhythm of a population and the locomotor activity of individual flies are
affected. All these mutations appear to involve the same functional gene on the X
chromosome.
Three mutants have been isolated in which the normal 24-hour rhythm is drastically changed. One mutant is arrhythmic; another has a period of 19 hr; a third has a period of 28 hr. Both the eclosion rhythm of a population and the locomotor activity of individual flies are affected. All these mutations appear to involve the same functional gene on the X chromosome.
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