Sex-chromosome segregation in inbred Drosophila melanogaster XXY females. I. Influence of closely related Y chromosome derivatives.

doi:10.1111/j.1601-5223.1990.tb00050.x

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Sex-chromosome segregation in inbred Drosophila melanogaster XXY females. I. Influence of closely related Y chromosome derivatives.

Hereditas - 1 Jan 1990

Palmgren B

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In tests of XXYder hybrids from two inbred lines of Drosophila melanogaster, a non-random distribution of various Yder chromosomes was found at regular X disjunction. This non-random Yder distribution was dependent on differences within the proximal X chromosome region (forked--centromere) of the...

Topics

Animals
Chromosome Banding
Crosses, Genetic
Drosophila melanogaster
Female
Genotype
Male
Meiosis
Nondisjunction, Genetic
X Chromosome
Y Chromosome

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