FB2026_02 , released June 18, 2026
Balancer/Genotype variant: Dmel\FM8
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General Information
Symbol
Dmel\FM8
Species
D. melanogaster
FlyBase ID
FBba0000659
Short Genotype
FM8
Parent Aberration
In(1)FM8
(Muron et al., 2022)
Parent Cytology
1Lt-1B2 | 20F-20A | 15D-20A | 15D-11F4 | 4E1-7B4 | 3B6-4D7 | 11F2-7B4 | 3B6-1B3 | 1Rt
(Muron et al., 2022)
Progenitor
FM7c
(Muron et al., 2022)
Described as Balancer
(Muron et al., 2022)
Alleles
y31d   sc8   wFM8   ctFM8   vOf   g4   Bar1  
(Muron et al., 2022)
Transposon Insertions
Discoverer
Stocks (1)
Other Information

FM8 is a hemizygous and homozygous lethal X chromosome balancer that should further suppress double crossover events that have been shown to occur within the 4E1-11F2 region found in FM7c.

(Muron et al., 2022)
Synonyms and Secondary IDs (2)
Reported As
Symbol Synonym
FM8
(Muron et al., 2022)
Name Synonyms
First Multiple 8
(Muron et al., 2022)
Secondary FlyBase IDs
    References (1)