Current Synthetic and Systems Biology
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Abstract

A New Class of Genes in Multicellular Organisms: The Case Study of Drosophila

BF Chadov*, NB Fedorova

The overview briefs the records of the look for non-Mendelian genes, consisting of the rationale for his or her lifestyles and the methods for their discovery in D. melanogaster. The genes are named ontogenes and their mutations, conditional mutations. Feature functions of conditional mutations in hybridological experiments had been defined. 4 separate sections live at the experimental facts that fairly define the distinction of this novel institution of genes from the classical protein-coding (Mendelian) genes. Specificity inside the function of ontogenes is composed in (1) The warrant that an organism belongs to a selected species; (2) The control of buildings of cell ensembles; (3) The presence of nonchemical (biophysical) way of interplay between ontogenes, as well as the reality that; (4) The mutations in ontogenes as facultative dominant lethals cause the formation of genetic isolates able to trigger the process of speciation.

Published Date: 2025-04-16; Received Date: 2024-03-07