A “Master Control” Gene for Fly Eyes Shares Its Power

W. Roush

DOI:10.1126/SCIENCE.275.5300.618

Corpus ID: 28548249

A “Master Control” Gene for Fly Eyes Shares Its Power

@article{Roush1997AC,
  title={A “Master Control” Gene for Fly Eyes Shares Its Power},
  author={W. Roush},
  journal={Science},
  year={1997},
  volume={275},
  pages={618 - 619}
}

W. Roush

Published 1997

Biology, Medicine

Science

Two years ago, biologists thought they had identified a master control gene for eyes, a gene called eyeless that apparently could single-handedly cause surplus eyes to sprout from wings and antennae of fruit flies. Now a new gene, dachshund, appears to work in tandem with eyeless—suggesting that the “master controller” may merely be a member of a committee instead.

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