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Model System - AD 3

white strain with 2nd and 3rd chromosome balancers

Category: Invertebrates / Drosophila melanogaster

Arrival or creation date: Jan 01, 1996

Last revision: Dec 09, 2014

Author(s): F.Anna Digilio, Daniela Cavaliere

Contact

Name: F. Anna Digilio

Address: Institute of Biosciences and BioResources - CNR, Via P. Castellino 111, 80131 Naples, Italy

Phone: +390816132430

Email: anna.digilio@ibbr.cnr.it

Genotype: w; If/CyO;TM6b,Tb/MKRS,Sb

Origin: Digilio lab, strain n.° 3

Description

These balancers carry dominant visible mutations to make them more useful for gene mapping.

Quality validation: Yes

The Model System has been used to obtain data reported in peer-reviewed journals.

Citations
Di Cara F, Cavaliere D, Galliero V, Polito LC, Digilio FA. Expressional and functional analysis of the male-specific cluster mst36F during Drosophila spermatogenesis. Insect Mol Biol. 2010;19:807-813
Cavaliere D, Di Cara F, Polito LC, Digilio FA. Cloning and functional characterization of the intersex homologous gene in the pest lepidopteron Maruca vitrata. Int. J. Dev. Biol. 2009;53:1057-1062
Di Cara F, Morra R, Cavaliere D, Sorrentino A, De Simone A, Polito CL, Digilio AF. Structure and expression of a novel gene family showing male germline specific expression in Drosophila melanogaster. Insect Mol Biol. 2006;15:813-822.
Scialò F, Hansson BS, Giordano E, Polito CL, Digilio FA. Molecular and functional characterization of the odorant receptor2 (OR2) in the tiger mosquito Aedes albopictus.PLoS One. 2012;7:e36538.