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Attached-X stocks	A complete list of attached-X stocks at BDSC.
Compound autosomes	Stocks carrying compound autosomes (use to detect primary non-disjunction in females).
Translocations	An overview of translocations with lists of stocks.
Transpositions	An overview of transpositions with lists of stocks.
Variegating rearrangements	Stocks carrying chromosomal rearrangements that result in variegated gene expression.

Balancers

All single-balancer stocks plus selected double-balancer stocks at Bloomington, the definitions of balancer symbols used in genotypes, and the cytological order of balancer rearrangements.

All GAL4 stocks	This main GAL4 page lists all GAL4 subsets at Bloomington.
All GAL80 stocks	GAL80 insertions at Bloomington.
All lexA/lexAop stocks	All lexA and lexAop stocks at Bloomington.
All Q system stocks	All QUAS, QF and QS insertions at Bloomington.
All UAS stocks	This main UAS page lists all UAS subsets at Bloomington.
Alternative systems	tet, cym, pip, van and ttg drivers and responders.
HACK tools	Converting GAL4 into QF2, GAL80 or split-GAL4 effectors.
InSITE GAL4	All InSITE insertions at Bloomington.
Split transcriptional activators	'Split' transcriptional activators based on the DNA binding or activation domains of regulators like GAL4, lexA, QF and p65. To further refine patterns, see the Killer Zipper page.
TALE/VAS system	Expresses VAS-transgene under the control of promoter-TALE.
UAS & lexAop - Pfeiffer set	UAS & lexAop-regulated transgenes with varying numbers of repeats driving fluors or GAL80 from Pfeiffer et al., 2010.

EMS-induced X lethals

X chromosome lethals induced with low concentrations of EMS, from the Bellen lab.

Overview	Brief descriptions and links to pages for lineage and clonal analysis system
DMARCM	DMARCM is similar to MARCM but requires two recombination events for expression.
G-TRACE and i-TRACE	Lines for cell lineage analysis
Germline clonal analysis	Stocks for assessing gene function in the female germ line by clonal analysis using "ovo[D]" stocks.
IntMEMOIR	An array of 10 unique invertible barcodes for cell lineage analysis
Lineage filtering	Restricted expression through patterned recombination.
MAGIC	Mosaic Analysis by gRNA-induced Crossing-over.
MARCM	MARCM lines for mosaic analysis from the Luo lab.
MARCM - Twin spot	Stocks for marking both sister clones following a mitotic recombination event.
Mitotic recombination stocks	Stocks for detecting induced or spontaneous mitotic recombination via cuticular phenotypes.
MultiColor FlpOut	Lines for cell lineage analysis.
Photoreceptor clones	Stocks for making marked photoreceptor clones.
Raeppli	Lines for cell lineage analysis.
SPARC	Restricted expression (sparsening) through recombination.
TIE-DYE	Line for cell lineage analysis.

All Deficiencies	Links to all deficiencies available from Bloomington.
BSC & Exelixis Deficiencies	Molecularly defined deficiencies from BDSC and Exelixis, Inc., and stocks for making new deficiencies from Exelixis insertions.
Deficiency kit	The subset of deficiencies that make up the Bloomington Deficiency Kit.
Deficiency subset - Zinn	A subset of deficiencies defined by the Zinn lab for screening homozygous embryos.
DrosDel Deficiencies	Molecularly defined deficiencies from the DrosDel Project and stocks used to create FLP recombinase-mediated deletions between insertions of the FRT-bearing constructs P{RS5} and P{RS3}.

All Duplications	Links to all available molecularly and cytologically defined duplications.
Bloomington Duplication Project	The Bloomington Duplication Project generated coverage of 97-98% of the X chromosome with Y-linked duplications.
Duplication Consortium Project	X chromosome duplications placed in an attP site on Chromosome 3. They are generally five to twenty genes in size.
X Chromosome Duplication Kit	A subset of duplications representing the X chromosome duplication kit.
2nd Chromosome Duplication Kit	A subset of duplications representing the 2nd chromosome duplication kit.
3rd Chromosome Duplication Kit	A subset of duplications representing the 3rd chromosome duplication kit.

Complete list of fluorescent protein stocks	Stocks expressing GFP, CFP, RFP, YFP, DsRed and other fluors, including stocks with UAS-fluor transgenes.
Antibody fragments	Stocks expressing antibody fragments.
Calcium sensors	Fluorescent or transcription-based reporters of intracellular Ca[2+] for reporting calcium-dependent neuronal activity.
Cell cycle fluorescent indicators	RGB-cct and Fly-FUCCI
deGradFP	Stocks for eliminating GFP-tagged proteins.
FETCH system	Fluorescent Endogenous Tagging with a Covalent Hook (FETCH) system
FRET biosensors	Fluorescence resonance energy transfer biosensors
GFP-lacI and lacO	Target GFP to specific chromosomal sites in live cells.
iGFPi	Stocks for RNAi of mRNAs with GFP sequences by the in vivo GFP interference (iGFPi) method.
GrabFP	Stock expressing anti-GFP antibodies for localization of GFP and GFP-tagged proteins to particular cellular compartments.
lacZ reporters	Transgenes expressing lacZ under the control of gene regulatory sequences or lacZ fusion protein.
Luciferase	Transgenes expressing luciferase (plain or split).
Optogenetic tools	Optogenetic actuators Photocontrollable FP OptoTrap
Photoreceptor clones	Stocks for making marked photoreceptor clones.
proPO staining	An alternative to using UAS-lacZ with X-gal.
Protein regulation by ubiquitination and proteasomal degradation	Auxin-inducible protein degradation, Ubiquitination tags.
Protein-Trap insertions	FlyTrap, MiMIC-RMCE and Mi{Hto} fluorescent protein trap insertions.
Redox sensors	Stocks carrying a redox-sensitive GFP for determining redox conditions in mitochondria or the cytoplasm.
RNA isolation stocks	Stocks for isolating RNA from specific cells.
Sexing embryos	Distinguishing female from male embryos with GFP.
smGdP scaffolds with epitope tags	Lines carrying Flag, HA, Myc, OLLAS etc tags in darkened spaghetti monster green fluorescent proteins (smGdP).
SPARC	Restricted expression (sparsening) of GCaMP and more through recombination.
SPARK	Phase-separation based GFP reporter of kinase activity.
split-FP (BiFC)	split-GFP and other split-FP components.
STaR	Lines for specifically marking pre- and/or post-synaptic terminals.
tags - chemical	Lines carrying CLIP, SNAP, Halo and TMP tags for labeling subcellular compartments.
tags - switchable	Lines carrying tags that can be switched on or off by recombinases.
Transsynaptic tracing	Trans-Tango and BAcTrace lines for labeling or manipulating pre- or post-synaptic neurons.
Virus Detection	Stocks for detection of viral infection.
Voltron (also see voltage sensors)	Stocks carrying Voltron, a chemigenetic voltage sensor

FLP/FRT and other recombinases

lists of FLP/FRT and other recombinase systems B2, B3, cre, KD and RSR.

CRISPR - Cas nucleases	Cas9, Cas12a and tracrRNA stocks.
CRISPR - DNA base editors	Cas9-based editors for making point mutations
CRISPR - gRNA	guide RNA stocks for site-specific mutagenesis or gene activation.
CRISPR - P{white-eraser}	for changing a mini-w+ marker to 3xP3-RFP
CRISPR - UAS-Cas9 & GAL4	TRiP Toolbox set - stocks with both UAS-Cas9 and a GAL4 driver for gene activation or knockout.
Ends-in and ends-out gene targeting	I-Scel-directed gene targeting stocks for homologous recombination.
SuRe system	Super Recombinator (SuRe) stocks for recombining two to many insertions into the same attP landing site.
Zinc-finger nuclease	Stocks for creating double-stranded breaks in y or ry using Zn-finger nucleases.

Human Disease Models	Stocks that can be used to study a variety of human diseases as well as human health-related subjects such as metabolism and genes and pathways associated with these processes.
Orthologous genes in Drosophila and human	Lists of orthologous genes retrieved from Ensembl BioMart and FlyBase

Insertion collections
All transposon insertions	All insertion collections at Bloomington, sorted by location.
Exelixis insertions	P{} and PBac{} insertions generated by Exelixis, sorted by insertion site sequence coordinates.
Gene Disruption Project insertions	All insertions at Bloomington that were accessioned through the Berkeley Drosophila Genome Project or the Gene Disruption Project's insertion selection pipeline.
Hostile takeover insertions	All Mi{Hto} insertions at Bloomington.
MiMIC and CRIMIC insertions	All Mi{MIC} and TI{CRIMIC} insertions. These contain two attP sites that can be used for RMCE.
InSITE GAL4 insertions	All InSITE insertions. These contain a single attP site that can be used for RMCE.
lacZ enhancer trap lines	Stocks carrying P{lacW}, P{PZ}, P{lArB}, P{lwB}, P{A92} and others expressing lacZ.
Minos insertions	Lists of Mi{}-based insertions, sorted by chromosome.
piggyBac insertions	Lists of PBac{}-based insertions sorted by chromosome.
Potential misexpression insertions	All P{EP}, P{EPg}, P{EPgy2}, P{Mae-UAS.6.11}, P{XP} and PBac{WH} insertions at Bloomington.
Protein-trap insertions	FlyTrap, MiMIC-RMCE and Mi{Hto} fluorescent protein trap insertions.

Tools for manipulating insertions
Imprecise excisions	Stocks for increasing frequency and size of imprecise deletions using blm mutations
HACK tools	Lines for converting GAL4 into QF2, GAL80 or split-GAL4 effectors.
phiC31 components	All stocks with components of the phiC31 integration system.
RMCE donors for InSITEs	Lines carrying donor cassettes for Recombination-Mediated Cassette Exchange with InSITE insertions.
RMCE donors for MiMICs	Lines carrying donor cassettes for Recombination-Mediated Cassette Exchange with MiMIC insertions.
SuRe system	Super Recombinator (SuRe) stocks for recombining two to many insertions into the same attP landing site.
Transposable element mutagenesis	Selected stocks for P, H, PBac and Mi transposable element mutagenesis.

Mapping stocks	A selection of stocks for mapping, including SNP lines.
Baylor P{} mapping kits	Predefined sets of P-insertion lines for mapping point mutations (Zhai et al., 2003).

Multiplex components	Transgenes carrying multiple independently regulated fragments on the same construct.
SuRe system for multiplexing transgenes	Super Recombinator (SuRe) stocks for recombining two to many insertions into the same attP landing site.

All RNAi stocks	This main RNAi page lists all RNAi subsets at Bloomington, sorted by gene.
iGFPi	Stocks for RNAi of mRNAs with GFP sequences by the in vivo GFP interference (iGFPi) method.
mir gene mutations	mir gene knockouts, most are from Steve Cohen and colleagues.
mir sponge lines	Lines carrying UAS constructs for knocking down microRNA expression.

Dr Phil's flightless flies	Use Drosophila to demonstrate segregation, sex chromosome linkage etc with flightless flies
Educational resources	Links to information on how to work with flies, phenotypic marker images and other educational resources.
Early development lab	Y. Hiromi stocks for labs on early development.
eya genetic rescue lab	Use Drosophila to demonstrate genetic rescue
Isozymes lab	Stocks containing isoenzyme alleles associated with different gel mobility.
Mapping lab	D. Dean genetics "fly lab" for mapping an unknown mutation
Natural selection lab	M. Noor stocks for a lab on natural selection and hitchhiking.
Optogenetics lab	Use Drosophila to demonstrate optogenetic tools.
Eye color trait lab	Uses bw and st to illustrate a trait due to two recessive alleles.

All wild-type stocks	All wild-type stocks at Bloomington. The reference genome strain is 2057.
Genetic reference panel (DGRP)	Sequenced inbred wild-type lines from Raleigh, NC population (Mackay, Richards & Gibbs).
Drosophila synthetic population resource (DSPR)	Genotyped Drosophila Synthetic Population Resource strains.
Isogenized chromosomes	Selected stocks with one or more isogenic chromosomes.
Malawi lines	Sequenced chromosomes extracted from a Malawi population in laboratory stock backgrounds, from the Langley lab.
Sleep inbred panel (SIP)	Stocks established from sequenced DGRP strains selected for long and short night-time sleep

Y chromosomes with markers or transgenes

Stocks carrying Y chromosomes with visible markers or useful transgenes.

Cell line generation	Stocks for generating cell lines using activated Ras85D.
Chemoconnectome	Stocks useful for studying neurotransmission.
Dominant steriles and lethals	Stocks for maintaining dominant sterile and dominant lethal mutations. See Dominant Female Sterile technique for "ovo[D]" stocks.
Dominant temperature sensitive lethals	Selected stocks with dominant temperature-sensitive lethals, including balancers.
Fourth chromosome project	Stocks for genes on the 4th chromosome.
Histone mutations	Lines carrying three tandem copies of the histone repeat (His1, His2A, His2B, His3 and His4) with modifications made to particular histone genes.
mir gene mutations	mir gene knockouts, most are from Steve Cohen and colleagues.
P repression stocks	Stocks for studying repression of P element transposition.
Photoactivatable_AC_GC	Stocks carrying constructs to convert adenosine triphosphate to cyclic adenosine monophosphate upon exposure to blue light.
Position-effect variegation	A panel of P{hsp26-pt-T} insertions illustrating position-effect variegation patterns of miniwhite.
RNA isolation	Stocks for isolating RNA from specific cells.
RNA localization	Stocks for localizing RNA intracellularly.
Science fair projects	Potential stocks for science fair projects.
Segregation Distorter	Lines with components of the SD meiotic drive system.
Sex-biased broods	Stocks for recovering mostly male or female progeny using the SD system.
Sexing embryos	Distinguishing female from male embryos with GFP.
Staging third-instar larvae	Using Sgs3-GFP to stage larvae to fairly narrow windows.
Sxl, tra and snf	Notes from Tom Cline on the use of Sxl, tra and snf stocks generated in his lab.
Underdominance	Stocks for studying underdominant genetic transformation of insect populations.
Virus Detection	Stocks for detection of viral infection.
Wolbachia-carrying	All stocks at Bloomington carrying a defined strain of Wolbachia.
Still looking for stocks?	Lists of miscellaneous categories.

Stocks pruning page

Lists of stocks slated for removal from the collection are posted here for at least 6 weeks prior to discard.

Stocks

Aberrations

Balancers

Binary expression systems (GAL4/UAS, lexA/lexAop, QF/QS, TALE/VAS system etc.)

Chemically induced mutations

Clonal/lineage analysis

Deficiencies

Duplications

Fluorescent protein, luciferase, lacZ, antibody, tags and other reporters/tools

FLP/FRT and other recombinases (B2, B3, cre, KD and RSR)

Genome editing stocks (CRISPR (Cas9, gRNA), homologous recombination, Zn finger nucleases)

Human disease models

Insertions and tools for insertion manipulation (phiC31, RMCE, transposases, etc)

Mapping

Multiplex components

RNAi/miRNA

Teaching stocks

Wild-type and isogenic lines

Y chromosomes with markers or transgenes

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Stocks to be discarded

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