Article
The sources of genetic variability in highly inbred long-term selected strains of Drosophila melanogaster.
Genetica - 1 Jan 1991
Kaidanov L Z, Bolshakov V N, Tzygvintzev P N, Gvozdev V A
Abstract excerpt
A highly inbred, long-term selected for low fitness strain LA of Drosophila melanogaster possesses a significant mutational load and unusually high rates of spontaneous mutability as revealed by CyL/Pm method. Our results indicate that during cross of CyL/Pm to LA strains, destabilization of copia-like and mobile elements and induction of H-E hybrid dysgenesis take place. The role of these processes in causing...
Topics
- Animals
- DNA Transposable Elements
- Drosophila melanogaster
- Female
- Gene Expression Regulation
- Genes, Lethal
- Genes, Recessive
- Genetic Variation
- Inbreeding
- Infertility
- Male
