The melanized (mel) locus of Drosophila melanogaster is a mutation in CG17065, an N-acetylglucosamine-6-phosphate deacetylase

Chandar, Maya; Harclerode, Emily; Kim, Elizabeth; Marsh, Jasmine J. S.; Moore, Adolya; Moragne III, William E.; Mukhamedyarova, Danira R.; Narsinghani, Ishaan; Powell, Cody J.; Pryor, RyAnn; Subramani, Radhika; Blazek, Gregory M.; Chandra, Mikaela Inessa; Ramesh, Arjun; Fogerson, Stephanie M.; Guerrero-Altamirano, Tania; Spana, Eric P

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Maya Chandar¹^*, Emily Harclerode¹^*, Elizabeth Kim¹^*, Jasmine J. S. Marsh¹^*, Adolya Moore¹^*, William E. Moragne III¹^*, Danira R. Mukhamedyarova¹^*, Ishaan Narsinghani¹^*, Cody J. Powell¹^*, RyAnn Pryor¹^*, Radhika Subramani¹^*, Gregory M. Blazek¹, Mikaela Inessa Chandra¹, Arjun Ramesh¹, Stephanie M. Fogerson¹, Tania Guerrero-Altamirano¹, and Eric P Spana¹^§

¹Department of Biology, Duke University, Durham, NC, US

^§Correspondence to: Eric P Spana (spana@duke.edu)

^* Authors have equal contribution

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Maya Chandar: Writing - original draft, Investigation, Formal analysis
Emily Harclerode: Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing - original draft
Elizabeth Kim: Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing - original draft
Jasmine J. S. Marsh: Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing - original draft
Adolya Moore: Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing - original draft
William E. Moragne III: Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing - original draft
Danira R. Mukhamedyarova: Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing - original draft
Ishaan Narsinghani: Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing - original draft
Cody J. Powell: Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing - original draft
RyAnn Pryor: Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing - original draft
Radhika Subramani: Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing - original draft
Gregory M. Blazek: Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing - original draft
Mikaela Inessa Chandra: Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing - original draft
Arjun Ramesh: Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing - original draft
Stephanie M. Fogerson: Formal analysis, Investigation, Supervision
Tania Guerrero-Altamirano: Formal analysis, Investigation, Supervision
Eric P Spana: Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Visualization, Writing - original draft, Writing - review & editing, Conceptualization

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Received: 4/30/2026
Revision Received: 5/19/2026
Accepted: 5/28/2026
Published Online: 5/28/2026

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