Natural variation in stochastic photoreceptor specification and color preference in Drosophila
Caitlin Anderson, India Reiss, Cyrus Zhou, Annie Cho, Haziq F. Siddiqi, Benjamin H. Mormann, Cameron M. Avelis, Peter DeFord, Alan O. Bergland, Elijah Roberts, James Taylor, Daniel Vasiliauskas, Robert J. Johnston
The paper identifies a genetic variant that alters the stochastic expression of a transcription factor in Drosophila, affecting photoreceptor cell fate and color preference.
eLife · Dec 18, 2017Peer-reviewedDevelopmental Biology