A gene necessary for late sperm function in Drosophila melanogaster.
A male-sterile mutant, ms(1)7, of Drosophila melanogaster is defective in post-ejaculatory sperm function. The mutant gene is located at one of at least five male fertility loci in 18F through section 20 of the polytene X-chromosome. It is proposed that the ms(1)7+ gene product modifies a component of the sperm head. A nearby gene may be functionally related to ms(1)7+.
D000818:Animals; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D004331:Drosophila melanogaster / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D005796:Genes; D007248:Infertility, Male / Q000235:genetics; D008297:Male; D009154:Mutation; D010641:Phenotype; D013094:Spermatozoa / Q000502:physiology*; D014960:X Chromosome