Determination of novel members in the Drosophila melanogaster anteriorposterior patterning system using natural variation (original) (raw)
The anterior-posterior axis of the developing Drosophila melanogaster embryo is patterned by a well-studied gene regulatory network called the Gap Gene Network. This network acts to buffer the developing pattern against noise, thereby minimizing errors in gene expression and preventing patterning defects.In this paper, we sought to discover novel regulatory regions and transcription factors acting in a subset of the Gap network using a selection of wild-caught fly lines derived from the Drosophila Genetic Reference Panel (DGRP). The fly lines in the DGRP contain subtle genomic differences due to natural variation; we quantified the differences in positioning of gene expression borders of two anterior-poster patterning genes, Krüppel (Kr) and Even-skipped in 13 of the DGRP lines. The differences in the positions of Krüppel and Even-skipped were then correlated to specific single nucleotide polymorphisms and insertions/deletions within the select fly lines. Putative enhancers containi...
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