Scutoid

English Alternative forms en scutoid#Etymology 2 Etymology From en scutellum -oid; the genetic mutation results in loss of scutellar bristles. Coined in 1959 by J.D. Krivshenko.en 1959 Krivshenko, JD New mutants report Drosophila Information Service 33 95–96 Noun - An induced genetic mutation in the fly Drosophila melanogaster species. en 1982 M. Ashburner; S. Tsubota; R. C. Woodruff The genetics of a small chromosome region of Drosophila melanogaster containing the structural gene for alcohol dehydrogenase. IV: scutoid, an antimorphic mutation Genetics https://www.genetics.org/content/genetics/102/3/401.full.pdf 401 Mapping close to the structural gene for alcohol dehydrogenase (Adh) on chromosome arm 2L of Drosophila melanogaster is the dominant mutation Scutoid (Sco). https://web.archive.org/web/20170821124554/http://www.genetics.org/content/genetics/102/3/401.full.pdf 21 August 2017 en 1995 Adrienne E. Dubin; Nathan L. Heald; Byrd Cleveland; John R. Carlson; Greg L. Harris Scutoid mutation of drosophila melanogaster specifically decreases olfactory responses to short‐chain acetate esters and ketones Journal of Neurobiology Two independent lines of research led to the finding that the dominant Scutoid (Sco) mutation causes a diminshed extracellular electroantennogram response to the odorants ethyl acetate (EtAC) and acetone (AC). 10.1002/neu.480280208 An individual fly with the genetic mutation. en 1999 N. Fuse; Hitoshi Matakatsu; Misako Taniguchi; Shigeo Hayashi Snail-type zinc finger proteins prevent neurogenesis in Scutoid and transgenic animals of Drosophila Development Genes and Evolution https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s004270050291 Here have found that snail is ectopically expressed in the eye-antennal and wing imaginal discs in Scutoid larvae, and that this expression is reduced in Scutoid revertants. https://web.archive.org/web/20230819134331/https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s004270050291 19 August 2023 The gene affected by the mutation in D. melanogaster, or analogous genes in other species. en 2019 Subhashree Priyadarsini; Moumita Sahoo; Swetapadma Sahu; Rasu Jayabalan; Monalisa Mishra An infection of Enterobacter ludwigii affects development and causes age-dependent neurodegeneration in Drosophila melanogaster Invertebrate Neuroscience A mutation in scutoid is also known to affect the orientation of mechanosensory bristles of the eye (Birkholz et al. 2009). 10.1007/s10158-019-0233-y References