[A derivative of the X(Z) chromosome causes a change in the mutability properties of genes in homologous chromosomes from unstable lines of Drosophila melanogaster].

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[A derivative of the X(Z) chromosome causes a change in the mutability properties of genes in homologous chromosomes from unstable lines of Drosophila melanogaster].

Genetika - 1 Jul 1996

Skibitskiĭ E E, Koriakov D E, Iurchenko N N, Zakharov I K

Abstract excerpt

The impact of an XZ chromosome derivative, the In(1)T2,ymosWYIsnmYI strain, on mutation and reversion frequencies in strains with the unstable yellow gene is analyzed. These strains were isolated during a yellow mutation outbreak observed in the natural population of Drosophila melanogaster in Um...

Topics

Animals
Drosophila melanogaster
Female
Male
Mutation
Suppression, Genetic
X Chromosome

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