NOTOPLEURAL [Np]
Lindsley & Grell, 1972, p. 181
location: 2-58.7 to 60.2 (between cn and en; inseparable from blo).
origin: Spontaneous.
discoverer: Nichols-Skoog, 33b20.
references: Bridges, Skoog, and Li, 1936, Genetics 21: 788-95 (fig.). Li, 1936, Peking Nat. Hist. Bull. 11: 39-48.
phenotype: Notopleural, humeral, presutural, and pretarsal bristles shorter and blunter than normal. Wings short and broad. Female produces few or no progeny. Viability fair. Development retarded. More extreme at 19oC than at 25o, also more extreme in female. Lethal over T(2;3)dp. Homozygous lethal. RK2A.
cytology: Locus lies between 44F1 and 45E2, on basis of its association with Df(2R)Np = Df(2R)44F1-2;45E1-2 (Bridges).
color figure: P. A. Otto (original)
b & w figure: Bridges, Skoog, and Li, 1936, Genetics 21: 788-95 (original drawn by Edith M. Wallace)