Germline transformation of the stalk-eyed fly, Teleopsis dalmanni.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Stalk-eyed flies of the family Diopsidae have proven to be an excellent model organism for studying the evolution of ornamental sexual traits. In diopsid flies the eyes and antennae are borne at the end of lateral head projections called 'eye-stalks'. Eyespan, the distance between the eyes, and the degree of sexual dimorphism in eyespan vary considerably between species and several sexually dimorphic species show sexual selection through female mate preference for males with exaggerated eyespan. Relatively little is known about the molecular genetic basis of intra- or inter-species variation in eyespan, eye-stalk development or growth regulation in diopsids. Molecular approaches including comparative developmental analyses, EST screening and QTL mapping have identified p

SUBMITTER: Warren IA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2999598 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature