The Occurrence of Pigmented Facets in White Eyes in Drosophila melanogaster
- 1 May 1926
- journal article
- research article
- Published by University of Chicago Press in The American Naturalist
- Vol. 60 (668) , 282-285
- https://doi.org/10.1086/280097
Abstract
In a purple white stock of Drosophila melanogaster (eyes white) individuals appeared in which 1 or more facets in 1 or both eyes were red. When these were isolated and cultures made a percentage of the offspring showed pigmented facets in the white eyes. In 21 cultures from 3 generations the number of flies showing pigmented facets varied from 17 to 53%. The occurrence of pigmented facets in 4 generations of flies indicated that the character was hereditary, even though the results do not give Mendelian ratios.This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: