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Allele Dmel\Dfd1

General Information
SymbolDmel\Dfd1SpeciesD. melanogaster
NameFlyBase IDFBal0002374
Feature typealleleCreated / Updated2006-05-15/2006-05-15
Associated geneDmel\Dfd
Allele classgain of function
Mutagenspontaneous
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      Progenitor genotype
      Nature of the lesion
      Statement
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      Large transposon flanked insertion downstream of the Dfd transcription unit.
      50kb insertion within 1kb of the 3' end of the Dfd transcription unit that is flanked by multiple copies of roo elements. Also a duplication of the fourth and fifth Dfd exons on the distal side of the transposon flanked insertion.
      Assay mode
      Caused by insertion
      Carried on aberration
      Cytology
      Polytene chromosomes normal.
       
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      dominant Eyes reduced ventrally and anteriorly, or furrowed. Vibrissae tufted. Extremely variable, often overlapping wild type, but usually excellent character with Ly or at 19oC. Classifiable in single dose in triploids (Schultz, 1934). Muller reported an occasional homozygote as extreme dwarf with flimsy wings. RK2.
       
      Adult head defects.
      Adults have ventral eye and orbital tissue missing.
      Loss of ventral eye and orbital regions in the adult head. Head defects phenocopied by Dfdhs.PK constructs and heat-shock constructs of the human Hox4.2 in cells of the eye disc during third larval instar development.
      Adult head deformations: lower eye and orbital structures are absent. Homozygotes have bulbous growths in the place of missing eye tissue, these may be duplications of the second antennal segment.
      Heterozygous males have ectopic antero-ventral bristles on the head.
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      Dfd1 has visible phenotype, enhanceable by M(3)65F1
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      Dfd[+]/Dfd1, M(3)801 has lethal | pharate adult stage | dominant | conditional - heat sensitive phenotype
      Dfd1, M(3)80[+]/M(3)801 has lethal | pharate adult stage | dominant | conditional - heat sensitive phenotype
      Dfd[+]/Dfd1, mxcM1 has visible | recessive phenotype
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      Dfd1 has eye phenotype, enhanceable by M(3)65F1
      Dfd1 has adult head phenotype, enhanceable by M(3)65F1
      Dfd1 has phenotype, enhanceable by apt09049
       
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      Dfd1, M(3)80[+]/M(3)801 has head phenotype
      Dfd[+]/Dfd1, mxcM1 has arista phenotype
      Dfd[+]/Dfd1, mxcM1 has eye phenotype
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      The Dfd1 eye phenotype is enhanced by M(3)65F1. Dfd1/M(3)801 double heterozygotes survive at 22oC but not at 29oC. At 29oC, the double heterozygotes pupate, but die as pharate adults that fail to eclose and lack most head structures.
      Hemizygous mxcM1 males have normal eyes. mxcM1/Y Dfd1/+ males have no aristae, and the maxillary palps and eyes are extremely reduced. mxcG46/Y Dfd1/+ and mxcG43/Y Dfd1/+ males have head defects.
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      Bloomington
      Kyoto
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      Discoverer
      Cattell, July 1913.
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      Reported As
      Symbol Synonym
      Dfd1
       
      Name Synonym
      Secondary FlyBase IDs
      • FBal0029316
      • FBal0038714
      hide References ( 16 )
      Research paper
      Saget et al., 1998, Genetics 149(4): 1823--1838
      Needs and targets for the multi sex combs gene product in Drosophila melanogaster. [FBrf0103357]
      McCarron et al., 1994, Genetics 136(3): 1013--1023
      Drosophila P element transposase induces male recombination additively and without a requirement for P element excision or insertion. [FBrf0073864]
      Chadwick et al., 1990, Dev. Biol. 141(10): 130--140
      Ectopic expression from the Deformed gene triggers a dominant defect in Drosophila adult head development. [FBrf0051503]
      McGinnis et al., 1990, Cell 63: 969--976
      Human Hox-4.2 and Drosophila Deformed encode similar regulatory specificities in Drosophila embryos and larvae. [FBrf0051400]
      Regulski et al., 1987, EMBO J. 6: 767--777
      Developmental and molecular analysis of Deformed; a homeotic gene controlling Drosophila head development. [FBrf0046135]
      Hazelrigg and Kaufman, 1983, Genetics 105: 581--600
      Revertants of dominant mutations associated with the Antennapedia gene complex of Drosophila melanogaster: Cytology and genetics. [FBrf0039462]
      Scott et al., 1983, Cell 35: 763--776
      The molecular organization of the Antennapedia locus of Drosophila. [FBrf0039012]
      Sinclair et al., 1981, Genetics 97(34): 581--606
      Genetic and developmental analysis of a temperature-sensitive Minute mutation of Drosophila melanogaster. [FBrf0036530]
      Schultz, 1934, D. I. S. 1: 55--56
      The manifestation of dominants in the triploid. [FBrf0002742]
      Bridges and Morgan, 1923, Publs Carnegie Instn 327: 1--251
      The third-chromosome group of mutant characters of Drosophila melanogaster. [FBrf0001261]
      Review
      McGinnis et al., 1990, Adv. Genet. 27: 363--402
      Establishment and maintenance of position-specific expression of the Drosophila homeotic selector gene Deformed. [FBrf0051116]
      Personal communication to FlyBase
      McGinnis and Kaufman, 2002.2.18, Dfd<up>1</up> is homozygous viable.
      Dfd<up>1</up> is homozygous viable. [FBrf0145638]
      Florence, 1999.7.22, Notes from Brian Florence.
      Notes from Brian Florence. [FBrf0109188]
      Bloomington Drosophila Stock Center, 1998.8.25, Variants of Payne.
      Variants of Payne. [FBrf0104711]
      FlyBase analysis
      FlyBase Curators, 2006-, Balancer summary information.
      Balancer summary information. [FBrf0189689]
      Book
      Morgan et al., 1925, Biblphia Genet. 2: 262pp
      The genetics of Drosophila melanogaster. [FBrf0001379]