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Mariner, Mos and associated aberrant traits in Drosophila mauritiana

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 April 2009

James W. Jacobson
James W. Jacobson
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204-5513

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A suite of aberrant genetic traits, including increased mutation rate, sex-limited mutation and distorted transmission ratios, was produced among progeny of genetic crosses between two strains of Drosophila mauritiana when a paternally contributed Mos excision factor is placed into a non- Mos genetic background. In the reciprocal cross, involving maternally contributed Mos and Mos associated cytoplasm, the same genetic abnormalities are not observed. Differential effects on mariner excision in germ-line versus somatic tissue are apparent. Because Mos is known to influence the mobility of the mariner transposable element, these traits may be associated with mariner excision and/or transposition.

Type
Research Article
Information
Genetics Research , Volume 55 , Issue 3 , June 1990 , pp. 153 - 158
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1990

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