This investigation is concerned with the determination of the temperature-effective period (T.E.P.) for crossvein development at physiological temperatures using three isogenic crossveinlesslike (cvl) lines of Drosophila melanogaster.
The method used to determine T.E.P. relies on temperature differences in phenotypes and on a program of transfers from one temperature to another...
The frequency of exchanges was measured in a reversed
acrocentric compound X chromosome that is deficient for interstitial
heterochromatin. Previous studies on similar chromosomes
containing interstitial heterochromatin have demonstrated a very
low frequency of single exchanges, and high frequencies of the
double and no exchange classes. It has been postulated...
Development of the posterior crossvein in crossveinless-like
strains of Drosophila melanogaster can be influenced by high temperature
shocks at specific times in pupal development.
Three sensitive periods were detected in age response studies
on Ona X, Ona II, 5-hi III; crossvein restoration at 14 hours in
pupal development, a crossvein...
Current evidence suggests that temporal regulation of gene
expression in eucaryotic organisms relies primarily upon localized
structural modifications of chromatin. One possible means of
changing chromatin structure is through varying the level of
acetylation of the histone proteins. Sodium butyrate has been found
to inhibit the activity of histone deacetylase...
Circadian clocks are endogenous molecular mechanisms that coordinate daily rhythms in gene expression, cellular activities, and physiological functions with external day/night cycles. Breakdown of circadian rhythms such as sleep/wake cycles is associated with the onset of several neurological diseases; however, it is not clear whether disruption of rhythms is a...