title: Genes involved in the development of bristles and hairs in Drosophila melanogaster.
abstract: Mutations in three loci influencing the development of bristles and hairs were detected in experiments with strains containing either a mobilized Stalker or a mobilized P-element. The mutations in two genes, suppressor of scute and putative microchaete, modify phenotypic expression of mutations in the scute locus. In particular, su(sc) mutations suppress the sc-phenotype in the scutellum and enhance the Hw-phenotype in the thorax. Mutations in the third gene, pseudoscute, lead to reduction of all bristles and hairs. The latter locus seems to control the development of bristles independently of the achaete-scute complex control.
authors.affiliation: Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Georgiev
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Gerasimova
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004251:DNA Transposable Elements; D004331:Drosophila melanogaster / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D016153:Genes, Suppressor; D006197:Hair; D008297:Male; D009154:Mutation; D010641:Phenotype
chemical_list: D004251:DNA Transposable Elements