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Drosophila Information Service Number 101 December 2018 Prepared at the Department of Biology University of Oklahoma Norman, OK 73019 U.S.A. ii Dros. Inf. Serv. 101 (2018) Preface Drosophila Information Service (often called “DIS” by those in the field), was first printed in limited copies in March, 1934. For those first issues, material contributed by Drosophila workers was arranged by C.B. Bridges and M. Demerec. As noted in its preface, which is reprinted in Dros. Inf. Serv. 75 (1994), Drosophila Information Service was undertaken because, “An appreciable share of credit for the fine accomplishments in Drosophila genetics is due to the broadmindedness of the original Drosophila workers who established the policy of a free exchange of material and information among all actively interested in Drosophila research. This policy has proved to be a great stimulus for the use of Drosophila material in genetic research and is directly responsible for many important contributions.” Since that first issue, DIS has continued to promote open communication. The production of this volume of DIS could not have been completed without the generous efforts of many people. Except for the special issues that contained mutant and stock information now provided in detail by FlyBase and similar material in the early annual volumes, all issues are now freely-accessible from our web site: www.ou.edu/journals/dis. For early issues that only exist as aging typed or mimeographed copies, some notes and announcements have not yet been fully brought on line. But we intend to fill in those gaps for historical purposes in the future. Individual requests for specific entries may be available from Jim Thompson, DIS Editor. We continue to encourage all researchers to consider submitting articles that use Drosophila for teaching as well as articles that report new techniques, research results, and interesting new mutations. In the interests of honoring the long-standing philosophy of open exchange of ideas, we sometimes accept articles that have unusual or limited perspectives. We thank the many contributors from around the world who sent material for this issue, and we invite your submissions for future annual issues as well as any suggestions you have for maintaining this as a useful Drosophila research community resource. James N. Thompson, jr., Editor Department of Biology University of Oklahoma, Norman Jenna J. Hellack, Associate Editor Department of Biology, Emeritus University of Central Oklahoma, Edmond Department of Biology, Adjunct Professor University of Oklahoma, Norman Contributions and Inquiries should be sent to: James N. Thompson, jr., Department of Biology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019; Phone: (405) 325-2001, FAX (405) 325-6202, email: [email protected] Printed copies of the recent volumes can be ordered from lulu.com. Dros. Inf. Serv. 101 (2018) iii List of Contributions General Announcements Service Announcement: Elgin Lab closing 31 May 2019 – Stocks available 74 Guide to Authors 68 Printed copies of Drosophila Information Service from lulu.com 87 Erratum: Manzano-Winkler 2015, Dros. Inf. Serv. 98: 57-59. 80 Historical Perspectives Kass, L.B. Questions and reflections on H.J. Muller’s Nobel Prize winning research. 93 Kass, L.B. “Lunch at Oskar’s 5/29/05,” A Reunion of Dobzhansky’s students, post-docs and friends. 106 Current Issues Gamberi, C. Drosophila for drug discovery: useful tool or wishful thinking? 108 Research Notes Basavand, F., M. Parchami-Araghi, E. Gilasian, and A. Mokhtari. First occurrence of the tropical vinegar fly Drosophila vulcana Graber in West Asia and Iranian Baluchestan region. 37 Cavalcante, W., D.C. De Toni, and N.M. Silva. First registry of Paracacoxenus guttatus (Diptera, Drosophilidae) at neotropical region. 34 Del Pino, F., P. Espinoza, F. Gonzalez, M. Zamora, E. Alvarez, and R. Godoy-Herrera. Social effects on patterns of movement and body size and weight of larval Drosophila melanogaster. 63 Escobar, L.I., S.M. Ovruski, and D.S. Kirschbaum. Foreign invasive pests Drosophila suzukii (Matsamura) and Zaprionus indianus Gupta (Diptera: Drosophilidae) threaten fruit production in northwestern Argentina. 9 Espinoza, C., C. Rocha, B. Sanchez, G. Nazif, D. Osorio, M.J. Veliz, P. Araneda, T. Correa, N. Donoso, F. Del Pino, and R. Godoy-Herrra. The variable and flexible behavior of larval Drosophila in nature. 50 iv Dros. Inf. Serv. 101 (2018) Gayathri, D.S., B.P. Harini, and T.P.N. Hariprasad. Comparative study on effects of carbamazepine on mating propensity, life history traits, and mortality among intraspecies of Drosophila. 18 Gonzalez-Beltran, F., and V.M. Salceda. Annual record for chromosomal polymorphism in a natural population of Drosophila pseudoobscura from Morelos, Mexico. 14 Hatadani, L.M., and L.B. Klaczko. Recombination rate between inversions in the distal and proximal regions of the second chromosome of Drosophila mediopunctata. 55 He, V., C. Hulipas, and T. Vida. The cinnabar gene and 3-hydroxy-kynurenine define a pivotal position in eye pigmentation pathways. 44 Held, L.I., Jr., S.C. McNeme, and D. Hernandez. Induction of ectopic transverse rows by Ubx on fly legs. 25 Jones, C., A.P. Gupta, J. Smalls, and A. Henley. Preliminary observations of colored light effects on Drosophila virilis phenotypic traits. 41 Lagares, C., and F. Mestres. Spring collection of drosophilids at the Font Groga site (Barcelona, Spain). 1 Marion, S.B., I. Hamid, B. Manzano-Winkler, and M.A.F. Noor. Naturally occurring recessive lethal alleles in a natural population of Drosophila melanogaster appear to result from single locus loss of function effects. 60 Pierre, V.R.M., D. Venturin, and R. Tidon. Phenotypic plasticity of Drosophila mercatorum under different temperatures and microbiota. 64 Silva, I.B., S.E. da Silva, and W.A.C. Godoy. Drosophila suzukii occurrence in a native forest in Sao Paulo state, Brazil. 42 Singh, A.K., and S. Kumar. A high level of heterozygosity at esterase gene loci in natural populations of Drosophila ananassae. 6 Singhal, K., and S. Mohanty. Sex-comb variation and female abdominal pigment polymorphism in a natural population of Drosophila jambulina from North India. 51 Srinath, B.S., N.B. Vandal, and N. Shivanna. Morphometry of male accessory glands in natural populations of D. bipectinata and D. malerkotliana. 39 Trajkovic, J., J. Rosic, S. Pavkovic-Lucic, D. Milicic, L. Lucic, and T. Savic. Mating latency and mating duration in Drosophila melanogaster strains maintained over 400 generations on four types of food. 32 Zanini, R., M. Depra, and V.L.S. Valente. Revisiting male terminalia of Drosophila bocainensis subgroup (Diptera, Drosophilidae) under Scanning Electron Microscope. 2 Dros. Inf. Serv. 101 (2018) v Technique Notes Fellous, S., R. Guilhot, A. Xuereb, and A. Rombaut. A high-throughput spectrophotometric assay of adult size in Drosophila that facilitates microbial and biochemical content analysis. 69 Mutation Notes Costa, L.V.C., S.C. Costa, J.O. Rios, M.T.R. Cintra, and L.G.C. Galego. First record of Curly mutant wing in Zaprionus indianus (Diptera, Drosophilidae. 75 Sickmann, M., M. Affolter, and M. Muller. Characterization of the new bithorax allele Ubx bx-Basel. 76 Teaching Notes Capella, R., M. Lledos, and S.J. Araujo. Hands-on Drosophila genetics for primary school children (9-12 year olds). 85 Freitas, J.F.C., A.C.S. Araujo, and F. Roque. A practical class using Drosophila melanogaster as a didactictic model for teaching sexual selection. 90 Friedman, C.D., H.S. Burkard, J.E. Madry, E.N. Soule, M.A. Balinski, and R.C. Woodruff. Infuence of sodium chloride and temperature stresses on recombination in Drosophila melanogaster. 88 Saunders, G.M., K.C. Schwartz, T.A. Bourne, J.E. Madry, E.N. Soule, M.A. Balinski, and R.C. Woodruff. Modification of the Sco bristle phenotype by the genetic background in Drosophila melanogaster. 82 Schwartz, K.C., G.M. Saunders, C.D. Friedman, N.P. Locke, R.A. Crowl, M.A. Balinski, and R.C. Woodruff. Identification of the phenotype and genotype of an unknown dominant X-linked female sterile mutation in Drosophila melanogaster. 81 Other Reports 59th Annual Drosophila Research Conference, Philadelphia, PA 110 The North American Drosophila Board 111 vi Dros. Inf. Serv. 101 (2018) Dros. Inf. Serv. 101 (2018) 1 Research Notes Spring collection of drosophilids at the Font Groga site (Barcelona, Spain). Lagares, C., and F. Mestres*. Dept. Genètica, Microbiologia i Estadística, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona (Spain). *Corresponding author: [email protected] A sample of drosophilids was obtained from the Font Groga site (Barcelona) on 8th May 2018. This site is on a hill (400 m above sea level) located at the edge of Barcelona city. The vegetation of the trapping place is mainly composed of pines (Pinus pinea) and ilexes (Quercus ilex) with Mediterranean brushwood (Arbutus, Ruscus, Erica, Hedera, Smilax, and others) (Araúz et al., 2009). Flies were collected from 17:15 to 17:45 pm using 12 baits containing fermenting bananas placed along a trail. The measures for several climatic parameters were obtained from a close meteorological station (Observatori Fabra). For this day, the recorded values were: Maximum temperature: 23ºC, Minimum temperature: 14ºC, and Rainfall: negligible. It was a cloudy and humid afternoon. Next day in the laboratory, collected individuals were classified according to species and sex (Table 1). Table 1. Classification of flies according to trapping time, species and sex (Font Groga site, Barcelona). TIME SPECIES 17:15h 17:30h 17:35h 17:45h TOTAL D. subobscura ♀ 20 12 6 25 63 D. subobscura ♂ 7 33 11 30 81 D. immigrans ♀ 1 0 1 1 3 D. immigrans ♂ 0 0 2 0 2 D. suzukii ♀ 0 0 0 1 1 D. hydei ♂ 0 0 0 1 1 TOTAL 28 45 20 58 151 The dominant species was D. subobscura. This result could be explained by the fact that spring is the season when this species presents its peak of expansion (Krimbas, 1993; Argemí et al., 2003).
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