A temperature sensitive eye-color mutant in a mosquito.
1974
R H Baker, and
R K Sakai
UI
MeSH Term
Description
Entries
D008297
Male
Males
D009154
Mutation
Any detectable and heritable change in the genetic material that causes a change in the GENOTYPE and which is transmitted to daughter cells and to succeeding generations.
Mutations
D010641
Phenotype
The outward appearance of the individual. It is the product of interactions between genes, and between the GENOTYPE and the environment.
Phenotypes
D010858
Pigmentation
Coloration or discoloration of a part by a pigment.
Pigmentations
D003465
Culex
A genus of mosquitoes (CULICIDAE) commonly found in tropical regions. Species of this genus are vectors for ST. LOUIS ENCEPHALITIS as well as many other diseases of man and domestic and wild animals.
Culices
D005123
Eye
The organ of sight constituting a pair of globular organs made up of a three-layered roughly spherical structure specialized for receiving and responding to light.
Eyes
D005260
Female
Females
D005799
Genes, Dominant
Genes that influence the PHENOTYPE both in the homozygous and the heterozygous state.
Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA.