[Emergence of a recessive lethal mutation in derivatives of an unstable X(Z)-chromosome from Drosophila melanogaster].

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[Emergence of a recessive lethal mutation in derivatives of an unstable X(Z)-chromosome from Drosophila melanogaster].

Genetika - 1 Sept 1995

Iurchenko N N, Koriakov D E, Zakharov I K

Abstract excerpt

Xz chromosome isolated from a natural population of Drosophila melanogaster is characterized by spontaneous mutability of the genes yellow, white, and signed and the appearance of chromosomal rearrangements. In mutant lines derived from the line carrying the Xz chromosome that had one, two, or th...

Topics

Animals
Chromosome Inversion
DNA Transposable Elements
Drosophila melanogaster
Female
Genes, Lethal
Genes, Recessive
Genetic Linkage
Male
Mutation
X Chromosome

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