Site of Action of a Temperature-Sensitive Maternal Effect Mutation in Drosophila Melanogaster

Abstract

Previous studies have shown that the D. melanogaster mutant 1(1)1074" is sensitive to temperature changes towards the end of oogenesis, during the sixth to twelfth hour of embryogenesis and again during larval and early pupal development. The 1(1) 1074" gene product resulting from activity of the nuclear gene appears to be important for pupation.