Abstract
The T-007 second chromosome line of Drosophila melanogaster, previously shown to contain genetic elements responsible for male recombination induction, appears to affect several parameters of recombination in females. In T-007 heterozygous females, the distribution of recombination (but not the total frequency) is changed from that observed in control females; relative increases are observed in the more proximal regions of the second, third and X chromosomes, while relative decreases are observed more distally. These changes are paralleled by altered coefficient of coincidence values and in an increased nondisjunction frequency of second chromosomes. The distribution of recombination in females is strikingly similar to that observed in males as measured along the second and third chromosomes, and the frequency of nondisjunction of the X and Y chromosomes is increased in T-007 heterozygous males. Based upon these results and responses to the effect of structurally rearranged heterologues (the "interchromosomal effect"), it is suggested that T-007 affects the preconditions for meiotic exchange in females. It is not yet known if elements responsible for these effects are the same elements responsible for the numerous other traits associated with the T-007 second chromosome.
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