Mark Q. Benedict. In replulsion is a transposition between chromosomes 2 and 3 having the 'twisted setae' phenotype that appears to result from the transposition. Both aberrations are lethal when homozygous. Mark Q. Benedict. All other chromosomes 2 in the strain are propoxur susceptible.
Males are propoxur resistant, females susceptible.
Created and donabted by Paul Kaiser and J. A. Seawright at USDA, Gainesville Florida. Mark Q. Benedict. Strain marked with dominant alleles of the three genes in the name. Mark Q. Benedict. Selected for propoxur susceptibility.