Genetic Analysis of the Achaete-Scute System of DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER
AUTOR(ES)
García-Bellido, A.
RESUMO
Several mutations in the achaete-scute region of Drosophila have been analyzed phenotypically and cytologically. One group of them corresponds to point mutations, another to rearrangements with one breakpoint in this region. Trans heterozygotes of the different point mutations or of the different rearrangements show poor complementation or fail to complement; therefore, they could be interpreted as mutations affecting the same gene product. However, left-right inversion recombinants and duplication-deficiency combinations between rearrangements with different cytological breakpoints uncover a complex organization of the achaete-scute region. This region seems to contain several independent achaete and scute functions, as well as a lethal function, arranged as a tandem reverse repeat at both sides of a lethal locus. Since all of the mutants show the same phenotype qualitatively, though different quantitatively, we suggest that these functions are of a reiterative nature. The achaete-scute wild-type condition may well be dependent on a multimeric gene product made of several evolutionary related monomers.
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