What DNA mutations are responsible for the mutant yellow body color phenotype in yellow flies?

The specific research question: What DNA mutations are responsible for the mutant yellow body color phenotype in yellow flies?

The Hypothesis: DNA sequence yellow mutation will look different from the DNA sequence of wild type fly

Prior to submitting your Lab Report 2full lab report, you will be handing in a rough draft of your Introduction, including the following sections: Title Page, Introduction, and References. The purpose of this rough draft is to help you begin writing and provide the opportunity to receive feedback from your TA/Instructor that will help you with the final full draft of the report.Your Introduction rough draft should not exceed 2 typed double-spaced pages (excluding the title page and reference section).

1)Title page: The current working title of your paper, your name, the date, and the coursetitle with section number should be included.You are expected to generate your own title that is complete, accurate, and descriptive of the work. This will be a working title that you may update upon receipt of feedback and collection/analysis of data.

2)Introduction: Introduce the research question and purpose of experiments performed, providing sufficient background for the reader to understand the project, including the major biological principles being examined. Once defining the research question your experiments address, provide a brief overview of the experimental model and approach(techniques) utilized.State the hypothesis, providing rationale(reason/justification) for the hypothesis based on pertinent observations and information already known from the literature. State the anticipated results given your hypothesis and discuss the rationale for expecting this outcome. Your goal is to clearly and concisely write this information, ultimately in ~2 pages. Take a look at some of the research articles you are using for background information to see examples of types and flow of information typical in an introduction.Try to keep the length of the Introduction draft to no more than 2 pages.Any information from other sources, including any figures you did not generate yourself, must be properly cited in-text/below the figure AND in the reference section.

3)References: You should include any items you have used so far to write your draft. This may or may not yet include the lab manual. You should use at least 2 scientific sources in your draft, with at least 4 total being required for the final report(at least two of your sources being journal articles).Carefully follow the formatting rules for in-text citations and reference section listings. Websites are typically not appropriate sources.Reminder that you have some relevant, suggested review and primary research article references provided in the course powerpoint slides!

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These papers are also good resources for writing your lab report !

Review articles:

Massey and Wittkopp. 2016. The genetic basis of pigmentation differences within and between Drosophila species. Cur Top Dev Bio. 119: 27-60
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27282023

Drapeau. 2003. A novel hypothesis on the biochemical role of the Drosophila Yellow protein. Biochem Biophys Res Com. 331: 1-2
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14575686

Primary research articles:

Wittkopp et al. 2002. Reciprocal functions of the Drosophila yellow and ebony proteins in the development and evolution of pigment patterns. Development 129: 1849-1858.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11934851

Riedel et al. 2011. Megalin-dependent yellow endocytosis restricts melanization in the Drosophila cuticle. Development. 138: 149-158.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21138977