Recovery of a marked translocation strain that will facilitate the isolation of balancer chromosomes in the Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata.

doi:10.1139/g98-003

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Recovery of a marked translocation strain that will facilitate the isolation of balancer chromosomes in the Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata.

Genome - 1 Apr 1998

Gubb D, Zacharopoulou A, Livadaras Y, Gourzi P, Roote J, Savakis C

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The results of two screens for mutations and chromosomal aberrations in Ceratitis capitata are presented. Three dominant mutations were recovered, including Sb, which is associated with a homozygous lethal translocation between the third and fifth chromosomes, T(3;5)Sb, with the fifth chromosome...

Topics

Alleles
Animals
Chromosomes
Diptera
Genetic Markers
Mosaicism
Mutagenesis
Translocation, Genetic

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