Drosophila Information Service
Volume 86 (December 2003)
List of Contributions
Research Announcements
Availability of the University of Texas Publications Dealing with Drosophila, Marshall R. Wheeler
New Books
Henderson, D.S. 2004. Drosophila
Cytogenetic Protocols. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ.
Hilker, M., and T. Meiners. 2002.
Chemoecology of Insect Eggs and Egg Deposition. Blackwell Publishing, Oxford, UK.
General Announcements
Back Issues and Invoice
Call for Papers
Guide to Authors
Standing Orders
Research Notes
Baba, K., and M. Hatsumi. Sterile female of
lozenge of
Drosophila melanogaster has activated eggs in ovary.
Barker, J.S.F. Ecology of two
Scaptodrosophila flower breeding species.
Belousova, I.B., V.Yu Strashnyuk, and V.T. Kakpakov. The influence of metopren on puffing in
Drosophila melanogaster chromosomes in experiments
in vitro.
Bertucci, L.A., and M.A.F. Noor. Transcripts involved in spermatogenesis are not qualitatively underexpressed in hybrids of
Drosophila simulans and
D. mauritiana.
Birdsley, J.S. Drosophila malerkotliana and
D. ananassae in Florida.
Carpenter, A.T.C. Failure to suppress
polo sterility but an hypothesis for why males are so very sterile (plus somatic reversion of
st1).
Carrasco, S.F., L.F. Prado, and R. Godoy-Herrera. Molecular phylogeny of the
mesophragmatica species group inferred from Cytochrome Oxidase II sequence.
Chethan, B.K., and S.N. Hegde. Effect of intra- and interspecific competition on pupation height in
Drosophila.
Davis, T. The genes of the
elbow-no-ocelli genetic complex in
D. melanogaster.
Davis, T. Use of cross-species genome comparison to deduce possible importance of the various
D. melanogaster fruitless transcripts: A putative vital function for the type C transcription factor?
Dias, M.V.B., C.C. de Oliveira, and H.E.M.C. Bicudo. Morphometric changes of the
Drosophila saltans salivary glands prior to and during apoptosis.
DiPietrantonio, A.M., and F.M. Davidson. Generation and authentication of Df(3L)H99 FRT80B recombinant lines.
Gottschalk, M.S., D.C. De Toni, J. Cordeiro, and P.R.P. Hofmann. Comparison between two sampling methods for Drosophilidae (Diptera) using banana baits.
Held, L.I., Jr. Tetraploid male mosaics induced by pressure.
Itoh, M., T. Uenovama, and M. Watada. A further study on the expansion of
Drosophila simulans to Japan.
Ivanov, Yu.N. Studies of homeostasis of sex ratio in
Drosophila melanogaster.
Jain, C. and S. Chandrashekara. A revised cytological location of
stambh A and of the breakpoints of
DF(2R)44CE of Drosophila melanogaster.
Khurana, S. Stability of olfactory and locomotory response in third instar larvae.
Koromyslov, Yu.A., E.V. Chmuzh, L.A. Shestakova, S.V. Tcheressiz, N.N. Yurchenko, and I.K. Zakharov. Mutability of unstable sex-linked alleles of
Drosophila melanogaster and their interaction with mutations of the genes of the repair system.
Ludwig, A., C. Parada, E.L.S. Loreto, and B. Goñi. Genetics and molecular analysis of a
Drosophila willistoni spontaneous mutation similar to
eyeless.
Malherbe, Y., and D. Joly. Sperm management in the sperm heteromorphic species,
Drosophila teissieri.
Medeiros, H.F., M.B. Martins, and J.R. David. The extension of the geographic range of
Drosophila malerkotliana on the American continent.
Medina, M.C., and R. Godoy-Herrera. Movement patterns on two substrates of Chilean third instar larvae of
D. melanogaster,
D. hydei, and
D. pavani collected in the same orchard.
Nardon, C., D. Lepetit, G. Deceliere, F. Lemeunier, C. Vieira, and C. Biémont. Distribution of telomeric transposable elements TART and HeT-A in
Drosophila melanogaster.
Nazari, M., and S.N. Hegde. Toxic effect of Fluoxetine – an antidepressant drug on the rate of development and viability of
Drosophila melanogaster.
Orellana, C.J., and S. Koref-Santibañez. Mating activity in three populations of Chilean
Drosophila.
Parada, C., and B. Goñi. Hypermutable strains isolated from Uruguayan populations of
Drosophila willistoni (Diptera, Drosophilidae).
Riede, I. Proliferative genes and copy number control.
Rodríguez-Arnaiz, R., and G.O. Téllez. The spindle poisons demecolcine and vinblastine induce mitotic recombination in the somatic
w/w+ assay of
Drosophila melanogaster.
Santos, J.F., T.T. Rieger, S.R.C. Campos, A.C.C. Nascimento, P.T. Félix, S.V.O. Silva, and F.M.R. Freitas. Colonization of Northeast Region of Brazil by the drosophilid flies,
Drosophila malerkotliana and
Zaprionus indianus, a new potential insect pest for Brazilian fruitculture.
Saunders, L.D., A.F.M. Haywood, and B.E. Staveley. Overexpression of phosphatidyl-inositol 3-OH kinase (P13K) in dopaminergic neurons dramatically reduces life span and climbing ability in
Drosophila melanogaster.
Saura, A.O. A summary of the polytene chromosome bands not seen by EM.
Saura, A.O. A summary of the new polytene chromosome bands seen by EM.
Schwartz, G.R., and L. Reuter. Freezing subsequently alters mating behavior in
D. melanogaster.
Sidorov, R.A., K.I. Kirsanov, I.D. Alexandrov, M.V. Alexandrova, and E.M. Khovanova. The influence of the p53 mutation on the tumor frequency in
wts/+ heterozytoes.
Singh, S.R., and B.N. Singh. Comparison of female post-copulatory behavior in six species of
Drosophila.
Stoltzfus, J.R., and M.S. Grotewiel. Novel isoforms of
Drosophila annexins produced by alternative splicing.
Sun, X., L. Huang, M.R. Van Doren, and S. Tanda. Isolation of amorphic alleles of the
lesswright gene by P element-mediated male recombination in
Drosophila melanogaster.
Uysal, H., and T. Sisman. The effects of Aflatoxin-B
1 on some development stages and phenotypic abnormalities in
Drosophila melanogaster.
Vañez, C., H. Vera, R. Canales, and R. Godoy-Herrera. Larval behavior in unfamiliar environment of two populations of
Drosophila pavani that live naturally in very different breeding sites in the wild.
Weisman, N.Ya. Cooperation of
net and EGFR signalling in the wing vein pattern development in
Drosophila.
Yurchenko, N.N., and I.K. Zakharov. Distribution of viability of chromosomes 2 from Uman natural population of
Drosophila melanogaster in heterozygote with Df(2)62 overlapping the region of l(2)gl locus.
Technique Notes
Dzitoyeva, S., A. Gutnov, and H. Manev. Evaluation of an injectable method for embryonic RNA interference (RNAi) using the
Drosophila beltless gene as an example.
Haab, J.E., C. Vergara, J. Bacigalupo, and P.M. O’Day. Two preparations for recording ion channel activity in native rhabdomeral membranes of
Drosophila retinal photoreceptor cells.
Kekic, V., and S.P. Lucic. Fruit and vegetable food media suitable for maintaining
D. melanogaster flies.
Khurana, S. Density separation of larvae using polyethylene glycol.
Lerach, S.L. Do it in the dark.
Ruedi, E.A., Y.N. Owusu, and K. Dixon. Male courtship intensity: a new method of
Drosophila courtship measurement.
Siddique, H.R., A. Dhawan, D.K. Saxena, and D.K. Chowdhuri. Drosophila melanogaster as an
in vivo model for somatic cell genotoxicity of chemicals by Comet assay.
Talyn, B. and H. Dowse. FORTRAN program generates effective artificial courtship song.
Teaching Notes
Azad, P., R.C. Woodruff, and J.N. Thompson, jr. Deleterious mutations in natural populations of
Drosophila melanogaster.
Marcus, J.M. Recombination mapping of P-element transposon inserts: A new set of laboratory exercises for an undergraduate genetics course.
Mutation Notes
Huey, R.B., J. Balanyá, F. Mestres, and L. Serra. Detection of yellow mutation in North American
Drosophila subobscura.
Yadav, J.P., and B.N. Singh. Rediscovery of spread mutation in
Drosophila ananassae.
Other Reports
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