The art and design of genetic screens: Drosophila melanogaster
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- 1 March 2002
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Springer Nature in Nature Reviews Genetics
- Vol. 3 (3) , 176-188
- https://doi.org/10.1038/nrg751
Abstract
The success of Drosophila melanogaster as a model organism is largely due to the power of forward genetic screens to identify the genes that are involved in a biological process. Traditional screens, such as the Nobel-prize-winning screen for embryonic-patterning mutants, can only identify the earliest phenotype of a mutation. This review describes the ingenious approaches that have been devised to circumvent this problem: modifier screens, for example, have been invaluable for elucidating signal-transduction pathways, whereas clonal screens now make it possible to screen for almost any phenotype in any cell at any stage of development.Keywords
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