A mutable white-inversion in Drosophila melanogaster |
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Authors: | Wolf-Ekkehard Kalisch |
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Institution: | (1) Zoologisches Institut der Universität München, München, Deutschland;(2) Institute of Biology Department of Genetics, University of Umeå, S-901 87 Umeå, Schweden |
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Abstract: | Summary From a zeste mutant stock with a mutable white locus a new mutant (z w
w
) was isolated. It has a white-eyed phenotype and a short X-chromosome inversion (In(1)w
w
) which extends from salivary chromosome bands 3B2-C1 to 4B4-C1. In giant chromosomes of heterozygotes the inversion is unusually tightly paired. Probably because of this intimate pairing the recombination frequencies for regions near the inversion are not decreased in comparison to those for structurally normal chromosomes. The inversion chromosome is mutable. The mutations which arise have pigmented eyes and can be subdivided into two groups. One group is characterized by a re-inversion to normal chromosome structure. The mutability of the white locus appears to be independent of the inversion and reinversion. The process of reinversion is discussed. |
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