Mapping of Drosophila mutations using site-specific male recombination.

doi:10.1093/genetics/149.1.157

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Mapping of Drosophila mutations using site-specific male recombination.

Genetics - 1 May 1998

Chen B, Chu T, Harms E, Gergen J P, Strickland S

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Although recombination does not usually occur in the male Drosophila germline, site-specific recombination can be induced at the ends of P elements. This finding suggested that male recombination could be used to map Drosophila mutations. In this article, we describe the general method and its ap...

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Animals
Chromosome Mapping
DNA Transposable Elements
Drosophila melanogaster
Male
Meiosis
Mutation
Recombination, Genetic

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