The effect of X-rays and EMS on the behavior of the transposing element, TE98, in Drosophila melanogaster.
The sensitivity of TE98 (carrying w+R and rst+) to X-rays does not differ significantly from the mutability of curled and karmoisin loci. In addition no spontaneous mutants of TE98 were recovered, indicating its extreme stability. On the effect of EMS no white mutants were found supporting the view that the w+ gene of TE98 is duplicated.
D000818:Animals; D004251:DNA Transposable Elements / Q000187:drug effects / Q000528:radiation effects; D004331:Drosophila melanogaster / Q000235:genetics*; D005020:Ethyl Methanesulfonate / Q000494:pharmacology; D014965:X-Rays
D004251:DNA Transposable Elements; D005020:Ethyl Methanesulfonate