THE GENETICS OF ARTEMIA SALINA. II. WHITE EYE, A SEX-LINKED MUTATION
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- 1 February 1963
- journal article
- research article
- Published by University of Chicago Press in The Biological Bulletin
- Vol. 124 (1) , 17-23
- https://doi.org/10.2307/1539564
Abstract
This paper describes the first sex-linked gene discovered among the Crustacea. The mutant gene w which determines white eyes is recessive to the wild allele W for pigmented eyes. Female brine shrimp are heterogametic and have the chromosome constitution XY; males are XX. The white locus is partially sex-linked. Since it is on the homologous segment of the sex chromosomes, both sexes can be either WW, Ww, or ww. In the stock designated as No. 9, females have the genotype XWYW and crossing over is rare (0.06%). This results in a "mother-to-daughter" inheritance of the W allele.This publication has 6 references indexed in Scilit:
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