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Heat shock induced phenocopies of dominant mutants of the bithorax complex in Drosophila melanogaster

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Heat shock of 37°C applied to Drosophila embryos at blastoderm stage induces phenocopies of some dominant mutants of the bithorax complex. Heat shock might shut down functions of cis regulator genes involved in embryonic pattern formation.

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Santamaria, P. Heat shock induced phenocopies of dominant mutants of the bithorax complex in Drosophila melanogaster . Molec. Gen. Genet. 172, 161–163 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00268277

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