FORMATION OF DUPLICATION-DEFICIENCY PRODUCTS BY ASYMMETRICAL EXCHANGE WITHIN A COMPLEX LOCUS OF DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER

1 April 1961

journal article
research article
Published by Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Vol. 47 (4) , 545-550
https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.47.4.545

Abstract

A method for recovery of reciprocal products re-sulting from asymmetrical exchange within the white locus of Drosophila melanogaster is described. The analysis of the two complementary exchange products indicates they represent a duplication and a deficiency for a portion of the locus. The significance of such an exchange is discussed with regard to gene evolution and with regard to the structure and function of this complex locus.

Keywords

GENETICS

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