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Genetic control of the rover/sitter behavioral polymorphism in Drosophila melanogasterlarvae was localized to the left arm of chromosome 2.Ten independent left and right compound second chromosomes were generated in isogenic rover and sitter strains by gamma irradiation and substituted into 25 different lines. Comparisons were made between lines to determine the chromosome arm contributions to rover/sitter phenotype expression.
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de Belle, J.S., Sokolowski, M.B. Rover/sitter foraging behavior inDrosophila melanogaster: Genetic localization to chromosome2L using compound autosomes. J Insect Behav 2, 291–299 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01068056
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