Article
Defective I elements introduced into Drosophila as transgenes can regulate reactivity and prevent I-R hybrid dysgenesis.
Molecular & general genetics : MGG - 30 Aug 1995
Jensen S, Cavarec L, Gassama M P, Heidmann T
Abstract excerpt
The I-R hybrid dysgenesis syndrome is characterized by a high level of sterility and I element transposition, occurring in the female offspring of crosses between males of inducer (I) strains, which contain full-length transposable I elements, and females of reactive (R) strains, devoid of functional I elements. The intensity of the syndrome in the dysgenic cross is essentially dependent on the reactivity level...
Topics
- Animals
- Animals, Genetically Modified
- Crosses, Genetic
- DNA Transposable Elements
- Drosophila melanogaster
- Female
- Fertility
- Genes, Insect
- Male
- Phenotype
