Pigmentation scoring method for Drosophila
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Melanization in Drosophila is complex and varies from species to species. Several methods in practice today quantitate pigmentation in Drosophila species, but these existing methods are compromised at certain levels. The majority of drosophilid body tergites show a range of yellow to dark brown pigmentation as well as segment to segment variation, making it difficult to score correctly. We present a method which accounts for these ranges of pigmentation and segmental variability. This method is able to score melanization as well as the area for each abdominal tergite. This method is also applicable to score wing pigmentation features. We hope our method will inspire the fly community to attempt to score species with complex pigmentation patterns.
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