内容简介
TheAtlasofDrosophilaMorphology:Wild-typeandClassicalMutantsistheguideeveryDrosophilaresearcherwishedtheyhadwhenfirstlearninggeneticmarkers,andthetooltheywishtheyhadnowasahandyreferenceintheirlabresearch.Previously,scientistshadonlypoor-qualityimagesorsketchestoworkwith,andthenscatteredresourcesonline-butnosinglevisualresourcequicklyattheirfingertipswhenexplainingmarkerstonewmembersofthelab,orselectingfliestodotheirgeneticcrosses.ThisalphabetizedguidetoDrosophilageneticmarkersisspiral-boundtolayflatinthelabforeasyreferencing.Itcontainshigh-resolutionimagesoffliesandtheappropriatemarkerontheleftsideofeachpageandhelpfulinformationforthemarkeronthefacingpage,suchassymbol,genename,synonyms,chromosomelocation,briefinformativedescriptionofthemorphology,andcommentsonmarkerreliability.Openingchapterprovidesawell-illustratedintroductiontoDrosophilamorphology.Itprovideshigh-resolutionillustrations,includingthoseofthemostcommonmarkersusedbyDrosophilaresearchers.Itprovidesbrief,practicaldescriptionsandtipsfordecipheringthephenotype.Materialrelevantforbeginnersandthemostexperiencedflypushers.