White-eyed Mutants of Diptera

Abstract

Two recent papers1,2, as well as an older one3, compare white-eyed mutants found in Culex, Calliphora and Phormica, respectively, with the white-eyed types long known in Drosophila. Since in no Drosophila species is more than one single-gene difference known that will give rise to a white eye, it is concluded that these types in other Diptera represent mutations corresponding to the white of Drosophila.