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. 1983 Oct;105(2):371–386. doi: 10.1093/genetics/105.2.371

A Cytogenetic Analysis of the Chromosomal Region Surrounding the α-Glycerophosphate Dehydrogenase Locus of DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER

Michael A Kotarski 1, Sally Pickert 1, Ross J MacIntyre 1
PMCID: PMC1202163  PMID: 6414883

Abstract

The chromosomal region surrounding the structural gene for α-glycerophosphate dehydrogenase (αGpdh, 2-20.5) of Drosophila melanogaster has been studied in detail. Forty-three EMS-induced recessive lethal mutations and five previously identified visible mutations have been localized within the 25A-27D region of chromosome 2 by deficiency mapping and in some cases by a recombination analysis. The 43 lethal mutations specify 17 lethal loci. αGpdh has been localized to a single polytene chromosome band, 25F5, and there apparently are no lethals that map to the αGpdh locus.

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