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This study is an attempt to identify genes influencing spontaneous adult locomotor activity in Drosophila melanogaster. A wild type stock and 13 morphological marker stocks (six markers for chromosome X and seven for chromosome three have been used). Backcrosses have been set up to study linkage relationships between loci affecting the quantitative character and marker loci. The results suggest the presence of several genes influencing locomotor activity on both chromosomes analyzed.
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Costa, R., Zonta, L., Osti, M. et al. Genetic analysis of adult locomotor activity in Drosophila melanogaster. Heredity 63, 107–117 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1038/hdy.1989.81
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