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The joy of balancers.

PLoS genetics - 1 Nov 2019

Miller Danny E, Cook Kevin R, Hawley R Scott

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Balancer chromosomes are multiply inverted and rearranged chromosomes that are widely used in Drosophila genetics. First described nearly 100 years ago, balancers are used extensively in stock maintenance and complex crosses. Recently, the complete molecular structures of several commonly used balancers were determined by whole-genome sequencing. This revealed a surprising amount of variation among balancers...

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PMID: 31697682
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1008421
PMCID: PMC6837283

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