Mark Q. Benedict. Apparently derived from original Q-1 strain that was established in Colombia SC lab in the 1930's. Brown larva is partly epistatic over stripe which is limited to one segment. Q2 is also homozygous for most isozyme loci studied by Lanzaro and Narang. Mark Q. Benedict.
All stages including eggs are pale yellow.
Mark Q. Benedict. Not allelic to 'rose eye'. Mark Q. Benedict. Double mutant for the X chromosome genes rose eye and pink eye, the former of which apprears to be a homolog of D. melanogaster white . Mark Q. Benedict.