Hairless
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Hairless, also known as H, is a well-characterized Drosophila
Drosophila
Drosophila is a genus of small flies, belonging to the family Drosophilidae, whose members are often called "fruit flies" or more appropriately pomace flies, vinegar flies, or wine flies, a reference to the characteristic of many species to linger around overripe or rotting fruit...
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Gene
A gene is a molecular unit of heredity of a living organism. It is a name given to some stretches of DNA and RNA that code for a type of protein or for an RNA chain that has a function in the organism. Living beings depend on genes, as they specify all proteins and functional RNA chains...
. Many mutations to hairless are embryonic lethal; however, there are several viable hairless mutants.
Hairless is involved in the Notch signaling pathway in Drosophila, acting as a suppressor of Notch signaling.