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Heterozygous effects on viability of Drosophila supergenes that are lethal when homozygous
Authors:Alice Kenvon
Institution:(1) The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, U.S.A.;(2) Present address: 170 Kittering Road, 14502 Macedon, New York, U.S.A.
Abstract:Eight fourth chromosomes which were homozygous lethal and 170 which were homozygous nonlethal were extracted from the same Drosophila melanogaster cage. The lethals were complementary, i.e., they were viable in all 28 nonreflexive pairwise combinations. Three different lethals produced sterile homozygotes; these are called leaky lethals. Different lethal heterozygotes' viabilities were compared by means of paired-t tests. The difference in mean relative viabilities between a pair of genotypes containing different lethals but exactly the same nonlethal was treated as one observation. The mean difference for any pair of lethals was based on only part of the full array of nonlethals. Of 17 possible paired comparisons, nine were statistically significant. In eight out of ten possible pairs and in six out of seven significant pairs, the heterozygous viability of leaky lethals was less than that of absolute (nonleaky) lethals. There was no association between stage of homozygous lethal action and heterozygous viability effect. In general, different lethals had different heterozygous effects on viability. The results are summarized in Table 5. In memoriam David Walter Kenyon (1939–1972)Research supported by The National Science Foundation of the United States (GB-3759).
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