Expression of a quantitative character radius incompletus, temperature effects, and localization of a mobile genetic element Dm-412 in Drosophila melanogaster

Abstract

SummaryThe radius incompletus mutation (ri) causes a gap in the radial wing vein, L2. A control line (riC) of the mutation ri was selected for increase and decrease of radial vein. In the riSN strain, extreme expression of this quantitative character is almost complete elimination of L2 (negative selection : SN). In the riSP strain, the L2 vein is almost restored (positive selection : SP