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. 1971 Oct;68(10):2472–2476. doi: 10.1073/pnas.68.10.2472

Evidence for Position-Effect Suppression of the Ribosomal RNA Cistrons in Drosophila melanogaster

William K Baker 1
PMCID: PMC389446  PMID: 5002820

Abstract

Unambiguous evidence is presented that two X-chromosome inversions produce lethality in X/O males because of position-effect suppression of genes in the basal heterochromatin. The data support the hypothesis that the ribosomal RNA cistrons are the genes suppressed. There is evidence for a region in the X basal heterochromatin that may act as a regulator of rDNA activity.

Keywords: X-chromosome inversions, viability index, gene order, chromosome

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