Complete reversions of a gypsy retrotransposon-induced cut locus mutation in Drosophila melanogaster involving jockey transposon insertions and flanking gypsy sequence deletions.

Abstract excerpt

We have analysed the structures of three phenotypic revertant alleles of a gypsy retrotransposon-induced mutation at the cut locus of Drosophila melanogaster. All three revertants are associated with the insertion of jockey transposons into a common region of gypsy. Two of these alleles are complete reversions to wild type. One complete revertant (ct+D) is derived from a third allele, a partial revertant (ctMRpD)...

Topics

• Alleles
• Animals
• Base Sequence
• Chromosome Deletion
• DNA Transposable Elements
• Drosophila melanogaster
• Molecular Sequence Data
• Mutation
• Phenotype
• Restriction Mapping