In one organism, neurons in animals with this trait express Gustatory receptor 68a. Jonathan Hodgkin developed “high incidence” mutations in one organism to increase this trait’s frequency from its 0.2% wild-type rate. In that model organism used by Horvitz and Sulston, L1 to L4 animals with this trait have a linker cell that migrates towards the cloaca (“klow-AY-kuh”). In another species, third-instar larvae with this trait have pronounced translucent discs and later develop (*) “combs” on their front legs. Adult C. elegans with this trait have a blunt tail with a fan and rays among their 1,033 somatic cells. Adult Drosophila with this trait are smaller than their counterparts and have a darker, rounded abdomen. For 10 points, Thomas Hunt Morgan testcrossed a fly with white eyes and what sex, which is conferred in mammals by the gene SRY? ■END■
| 2025 Chicago Open | 2025-08-09 | Y | 12 | 92% | 0% | 42% | 118.09 |
| Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shahar Schwartz | Li Bai Chocolate Mushussu Pacha Latte | 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 2k5, RNBQKBNR b Q - 99 66 | 51 | -5 |
| June Yin | It's not X, but... defenders | BHSU B | 77 | 10 |
| Sinecio Morales | Enjoying the Hole Experience | I worship the Pyramid (abandoned Soviet coal mining settlement on the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard) | 82 | -5 |
| Vivek Sasse | "Real quiz bowl" only consists of the ACF academic pyramidal scene and the late 2010s NAQT scene. | BHSU X | 89 | -5 |
| Andrew Ullsperger | The Met on Laserdisc. Bravo! | One Microscopic Pog in His Chat-astrophic Plan | 98 | -5 |
| Eric Mukherjee | Floridovician | Please sir, may I have some morb? | 103 | 10 |
| Azura Gollamudi | Do re mi fa serving negs | No, explaining that your buzz came from watching an isekai is not "Proustian" | 106 | 10 |
| Conor Thompson | "real numbers are uncountable" factoid actually just statistical error. diagonal georg | The RAND Coöperation | 106 | 10 |
| Benjamin Chapman | Woke Michael Du be like "I'm a genders player" | Thamos, King of Egypt: The Sahara of the Mozart | 111 | 10 |
| Adam Fine | Halifax Shipping Services | Big is moving to Evanston! | 112 | 10 |
| Jaimie Carlson | The True Dharma Eye of the Juan Soto School | Will They Ever Finish Bruckner’s Ninth Boulevard? | 125 | -5 |
| Auroni Gupta | BHSU X | "Real quiz bowl" only consists of the ACF academic pyramidal scene and the late 2010s NAQT scene. | 136 | 10 |
| Raul Passement | Mumbo Jumbo Will Labubu | Broken Socal Scene | 137 | 10 |
| Kevin Wang | I worship the Pyramid (abandoned Soviet coal mining settlement on the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard) | Enjoying the Hole Experience | 137 | 10 |
| Cyrus Zhou | 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 2k5, RNBQKBNR b Q - 99 66 | Li Bai Chocolate Mushussu Pacha Latte | 137 | 10 |
| Anderson Wang | One Microscopic Pog in His Chat-astrophic Plan | The Met on Laserdisc. Bravo! | 137 | 10 |
| Stephen Liu | Will They Ever Finish Bruckner’s Ninth Boulevard? | The True Dharma Eye of the Juan Soto School | 137 | 0 |