Independent Control of Ribosomal Gene Replication in Polytene Chromosomes of Drosophila melanogaster
AUTOR(ES)
Spear, Brian B.
RESUMO
The saturation values for ribosomal RNA hybridization have been determined for DNA from diploid and polytene tissues of Drosophila melanogaster. These values have been measured in XO and XX larvae which have, respectively, one and two nucleolus organizers in the diploid chromosome set. The results show that (1) in diploid cells the ribosomal (r)DNA is present in amounts proportional to the number of nucleolus organizers, (2) in polytene cells the rDNA is under-replicated with respect to the euchromatic DNA, and (3) in polytene cells the amount of rDNA is independent of the diploid number of nucleolus organizers. These observations suggest that somatic variations in rDNA content may involve independent polytenization of the nucleolus organizer without change in the number of ribosomal cistrons per organizer. The independent polytenization of rDNA is proposed as the chromosomal explanation for the relative increase in rDNA in flies of the XO constitution.
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