The sensitive period for yellow phenocopy induction in Drosophila melanogaster.
Yellow phenocopies of Drosophila melanogaster were produced by raising larvae on alpha-DMT contaminated media. Using a survivorship test, the sensitive period for phenocopy induction was found to occur during the third larval instar of development, with increased survivorship at 1% alpha-DMT compared with lower concentrations. It was also found that treatment with alpha-DMT significantly slowed development. These findings are related to the relevant morphological and behavioral developmental pathways and to phenocopy induction.
D000367:Age Factors; D000818:Animals; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004331:Drosophila melanogaster / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000254:growth & development; D007814:Larva; D008781:Methyltyrosines / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010641:Phenotype; D010858:Pigmentation
D008781:Methyltyrosines