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. 1979 Jul;92(3):849-59.
doi: 10.1093/genetics/92.3.849.

Spontaneous unequal exchange in the rosy region of Drosophila melanogaster

W M Gelbart, A Chovnick

Spontaneous unequal exchange in the rosy region of Drosophila melanogaster

W M Gelbart et al. Genetics. 1979 Jul.

Abstract

A selective system for recovery of exchanges between trans mutations at adjacent loci, l(3)S12 and rosy, is described. In addition to the expected crossover and conversion classes, two exceptional types of offspring were recovered. Triploid offspring arose as 0.01% of all zygotes; the diploid chromosome set was apparently of maternal origin. Nine tandem duplications derived from unequal exchange between nonsister homologues were recovered among 2.25 x 10(6) zygotes screened. From considerations of the proportion of the genome that was assayed in this system, and on the assumption that the rate of unequal exchange observed is typical for the genome as a whole, it appears that one unequal exchange occurs per 500 female meioses in Drosophila.

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