[Drosophila] When and who discovered the sepia mutant?
Mark Thorson
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Fri Jun 22 00:51:24 EST 2012
Kevin Cook wrote:
>
> se[1] was discovered on May 10, 1913 by Edith M. Wallace as a
> spontaneous mutation. See http://flybase.org/reports/FBal0015397.html.
> The primary reference is Bridges, C.B., Morgan, T.H. (1923). The
> third-chromosome group of mutant characters of Drosophila melanogaster.
> Publs Carnegie Instn 327: 1--251.
Thanks! Wow, my flies descend from one discovered
nearly a hundred years ago. I'll have to think
of an appropriate celebration next year.
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