Conversations in genetics. Vol. 2, No. 4: Talking with Dan Lindsley.

Recorded on March 23, 1999, in the Egnetics Department Library at the University of Washington, Seattle, WA., Scott Hawley, Senior Scientist, Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, MI., talks to Dan Lindsley, Research Professor, University of California, San Diego. Lindsley has been a leading figure in Drosophila genetics and biology for nearly sixty years. His early work on the behavior of chromosome aberrations provided key insights into the effects of heterochromatin on chromasome structure and function. His work with Larry Sandler on the role of gene dosage in the fly genome presaged modern genomic approaches to gene function. Similarly, their isolation of meiotic mutants paved the way for elucidating the genetic basis of exchange and segregation. In these studies Dan established a tradition of elegant and thorough genetic analysis. Dan is perhaps most widely known for the two 'red books' (Lindsley and Grell, and Lindsley and Zimm). These hardback precursors to Flybase served the needs of generations of Drosophila workers on a daily basis. His many honours include election to the National Academy of Sciences.