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A biometrical genetic approach to chromosome analysis inDrosophila: Detection of epistatic interactions in geotaxis

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Chromosome analysis has been widely used as a first step in eclucidating the genetic architecture of several behaviors ofDrosophila melanogaster. These chromosome studies have generally used incomplete designs or fairly simple statistical analyses. Here I reanalyze two data sets on geotaxis from Pyle (1978) and Ksander (1966) using a biometrical genetic design. Results from the biometrical genetic reanalysis suggest that individual differences in geotaxis might be due to genes on all three major chromosomes which show extensive epistatic interactions.

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  1. Department of Biological Sciences and Bureau of Biological Research, Nelson Biological Laboratories, Rutgers—The State University of New Jersey, 08855-1059, Piscataway, New Jersey

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McGuire, T.R. A biometrical genetic approach to chromosome analysis inDrosophila: Detection of epistatic interactions in geotaxis. Behav Genet 22, 453–467 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01066615

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