Experiments in Genetics with Drosophila

Download or read book Experiments in Genetics with Drosophila written by Monroe W. Strickberger and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 1962 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drosophila life cycle; Preparation and maintenance of cultures techniques in handling flies and conducting experiments; Examination of wild-type and mutant flies; Statistical testing for experiments; Cell division and chromossomes; Monohybrid crosses; Dihybrid crosses; Linkage of three sex-linked genes; Analysis of different unknown genotypes; Genotype competition in a population cage; Localizing an unknown mutant; Multiple effects of single mutants; Fluorescent eye pigment chromatography; Measurement of developmental interaction between mutants; Phenocopies; Detection of X - chromosome lethals produced by irradiation; Localion and action of sex-linked lethals; Effect of random drift and different intensities of selection on mutant gene frequency.