Are dicentric anaphase bridges formed by somatic recombination in X chromosome inversion heterozygotes of Drosophila melanogaster?

The distribution of x-ray induced crossovers from Curly inversion heterozygotes of drosophila melanogaster females.

Analysis of the chromosome aberrations induced by x-rays in somatic cells of Drosophila melanogaster.

A technique has been perfected for enabling good microscope preparations to be obtained from the larval ganglia of Drosophila melanogaster. This system was then tested with X-rays and an extensive series of data was obtained on the chromosome aberrations induced in the various stages of the cell cycle.-The analysis of the results obtained offers the following points of interest: (1) There exist...

Synapsis and recombination in inversion heterozygotes.

Inversion heterozygotes are expected to suffer from reduced fertility and a high incidence of chromosomally unbalanced gametes due to recombination within the inverted region. Non-homologous synapsis of the inverted regions can prevent recombination there and diminish the deleterious effects of inversion heterozygosity. The choice between non-homologous and homologous synapsis depends on the si...

Interchromosomal Effects on Somatic Recombination in Drosophila Melanogaster.

RECOMBINATION in somatic cells of Drosophila is influenced by various genetic and environmental factors that also affect meiotic recombination. Thus, the amount of somatic crossing over in a given chromosome is controlled by the genetic contents of the chromosomal set (WEAVER 1960) and by the presence of various genes (STERN 1936; KAPLAN 1953). It may also be affected by changes in temperature ...

A Whole-Chromosome Analysis of Meiotic Recombination in Drosophila melanogaster

Although traditional genetic assays have characterized the pattern of crossing over across the genome in Drosophila melanogaster, these assays could not precisely define the location of crossovers. Even less is known about the frequency and distribution of noncrossover gene conversion events. To assess the specific number and positions of both meiotic gene conversion and crossover events, we se...