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Temporal stability of P–M cytotype polymorphism in a natural population of Drosophila melanogaster

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 April 2009

Hassan Izaabel ,
Stephane Ronsseray  and
Dominique Anxolabéhère
Hassan Izaabel*
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Génétique des Populations, Universités Paris 6 et Paris 7, Tour 42, 2 place Jussieu, F-75005 Paris, France
Stephane Ronsseray
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Génétique des Populations, Universités Paris 6 et Paris 7, Tour 42, 2 place Jussieu, F-75005 Paris, France
Dominique Anxolabéhère
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Génétique des Populations, Universités Paris 6 et Paris 7, Tour 42, 2 place Jussieu, F-75005 Paris, France
*
*Corresponding authorS.
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The P–M system of hybrid dysgenesis in Drosophila melanogaster is a syndrome of genetic abnormalities which appears in the progeny of crosses between strains different with regard to their possession of ‘P’ transposable elements. Cytotype is an extrachromosomal property which regulates the mobility of the P element. We report here data showing that a cytotype polymorphism previously observed in a natural population from North-Africa is stable over a period of 5 years. A potentially high rate of mutation is associated with this cytotype polymorphism. Explanations of the appearance of a cytotype polymorphism are proposed and the consequences for the genetic load induced by transposable elements are discussed.

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Research Article
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Genetics Research , Volume 50 , Issue 2 , October 1987 , pp. 99 - 103
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1987

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