Burnet B, Connolly K, Harrison B
Science. 1973 Sep 14;181(4104):1059-60. doi: 10.1126/science.181.4104.1059.
alpha-Dimethyltyrosine induces a phenocopy of the body color mutant yellow when fed to larvae of Drosophila melanogaster. The compound also induces changes in male courtship behavior which are similar to the effects of the mutant gene.