Abstract
The present study consists of an investigation of P-induced male recombination in Drosophila melanogaster from a number of perspectives. In an initial set of experiments, male recombination induced by several different P strains was examined on both major autosomes. The ability of these P strains to evoke recombination is striking; in many cases it exceeded that of radiation treatment. Also of interest is the apparent nonrandom chromosomal distribution of P-exchange breakpoints. The data suggest that both recombinagenic capacity and distribution pattern of exchange breakpoints may be P-strain specific. In addition to these findings, we have confirmed previous indications that P-induced exchange is reasonably symmetrical and that it frequently occurs during premeiotic stages of spermatogenesis. Moreover, we have established that radiation and P background act additively with regard to the induction of male recombination. The second part of the work involved an analysis of heterochromatic vs. euchromatic recombination induced by several recombinagenically potent P strains. Results of these experiments have confirmed our earlier findings concerning the recombinagenic capacity of P strains. More importantly, it would appear that P-induced exchange in heterochromatin is rare. The induction of various kinds of mutations was also monitored in several of these experiments. The results indicate that the mutagenic potential of the P strains is substantial and of particular interest, that certain types of mutations are P-strain specific. For example, rare heterochromatic lesions were recovered exclusively in the experiment using the h12 strain, whereas a novel pleiotropic mutation occurred at a high frequency only in the T-007 experiment. Our findings are discussed within the context of a model of P-induced exchange.
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