Drosophila Information Service
(Dros. Inf. Serv.)
Volume 87 (December 2004)
List of Contributions
Research Announcements
Availability of the University of Texas Publications Dealing with Drosophila, Marshall R. Wheeler
General Announcements
Back Issues and Invoice
Call for Papers
Guide to Authors
Standing Orders
Stock List: Dubna, Russia
The Moscow Regional Drosophila melanogaster Stock Center.
Special Report
Husson, D., R. Herranz, A. Villa, C. Diaz, J. Mateos, J. Lesher, M. Pastor, F.J. Medina, and R. Marco. Design and development of hardware for long term cultivation of
Drosophila melanogaster in the International Space Station.
Research Notes
Babu, S., and N.B. Ramachandra. Isolation of new alleles of
ifm(2)RU mutants by EMS mutagenesis.
Bernal, A., R. Schoenfeld, K. Kleinhesselink, and D.A. Kimbrell. Loss of
Thor, the single 4E-BP gene of
Drosophila, does not result in lethality.
Bourgeois, G., and M.A.F. Noor. Confirming the ancestral allele of
exuperantia2(
exu2) of
Drosophila pseudoobscura.
Chayakumari and S.R. Ramesh. A comparative study of mating behavior and fertility in two wild types and two mutants of
Drosophila nasuta nasuta.
Chismar, J., N. Minois, A.A. Khazaeli, and J.W. Curtsinger. Wing asymmetry and lifespan in recombinant inbred lines (RI) of
Drosophila melanogaster.
Close, D., and S.I. Tsubota. A hot spot for P-element insertion in the
enhancer of rudimentary gene.
Culik, M.P. First record of
Zaprionus indianus (Diptera: Drosophilidae) in the state of Espirito Santo, Brazil.
Deogbagkar, D.D., A. Deshpande, S. Chatterjee, and A. Kelkar. CpC methylation is present in
Drosophila melanogaster and undergoes changes during its life cycle.
Dixon Schully, S., and M.A.F. Noor. Evaluating the mode of reinforcement in
Drosophila pseudoobscura: Discrimination enhancement
vs. preference evolution.
Etges, W.J., and W.B. Heed. A new geographical record for
Drosophila desertorum and a review of the
D. ritae cluster in the repleta group of
Drosophila.
Grifoni, D., F. Garoia, V. Politi, and S. Cavicchi. Nitric oxide signaling disruption is associated with the maintenance of an undifferentiated status in imaginal tissues of
D. melanogaster.
Gubenko, I.S., R.P. Subbota, I.A. Kozeretska, and S.N. Gorb. Drosophila virilis miniature-like
m42 mutant. Unusual wing vein microstructure.
Gupta, A.P. Norm of reaction or norm of an individual.
Held, L.I., Jr., M.J. Grimson, and Z. Du. Proving an old prediction: The sex comb rotates at 16 to 24 hours after pupariation.
Hughes, T.M., and J.M. Marcus. Recombination mapping of P[lacW] transposons.
Joshi, M., B.K. Singh, and R.S. Fartyal. Drosophilid fauna of Mukteshwar in Kumaon region of India.
Lam, W., and S.I. Tsubota. A clustering of P-element insertions within the first exon of the
modifier of rudimentary gene.
Riede, I. Switch genes in tumor formation.
Satralkar, M.K., E.R. Martin, R.J. Barnabas, and D.S. Joshi. Effect of light-dark regimes on the deviant sex-ratio in
Drosophila rajaskari.
Schmitz, H.J., M.S. Gottschalk, V.L.S. Valente, and P.R.P. Hofmann. First record of
Drosophila flexa in the state of Santa Catarina, southern Brazil.
Stanic, S., and D. Marinkovic. Genotoxic effects of fungicide
Zineb testing on
Drosophila melanogaster.
Vandal, N.B., and N. Shivanna. Effect of water on larval pupation site preference in a few species of
Drosophila.
Yassin, A.E., and A.Y. Abou-Youssef. A new front for a global invasive Drosophilid: The colonization of the Northern-Western desert of Egypt by
Zaprionus indianus Gupta, 1970.
Technique Notes
Cooper, R.L., and D.N. McLetchie. Monitoring carbon dioxide production by
Drosophila larvae.
Cooper, A.S., and R.L. Cooper. Monitoring activity of
Drosophila larvae: Impedance and video microscopy measures.
Dasari, S., and R.L. Cooper. Monitoring heart rate in
Drosophila larvae by various approaches.
Gleason, J.M., K.A. Cropp, and R.S. Dewoody. DNA preparations from fly wings for molecular marker assisted crosses.
Mohler, J. pUASTET: A dually inducible Gal4 Tet-activator transformation vector.
Park, H., and K. Edwards. "Marker removal" screen to generate an improved wing disc GAL4 driver.
Todd, A.M., and B.E. Staveley. Novel assay and analysis for measuring climbing ability in
Drosophila.
Mutation Notes
Alexandrov, I.D., M.V. Alexandrova, R.A. Sidorov, L.N. Korovina, and K.I. Kirsanov. Dominant wedge-shaped eye mutation (
Wed) associated with T(1;2) in
D. melanogaster.
Alexandrov, I.D., M.V. Alexandrova, and L.N. Korovina. Dominant pale body mutation (
Pab) associated with In(2R) in
D. melanogaster.
Siegel, A., S. Lee, and A. Kopp. New mutants report: Morphological markers in
Drosophila malerkotliana and
D. bipectinata.
Teaching Notes
Morgan, E., R.C. Woodruff, and J.N. Thompson, jr. The interchromosomal effect on recombination in
Drosophila melanogaster.
Krebs, R.A., and A.G. Fasolo. A genetic analysis of unknown eye and body color mutations in
Drosophila melanogaster: a multi-week laboratory exercise for undergraduates.
Other Reports
45th Annual Drosophila Research Conference, Washington, DC
The Drosophila Board
