Abstract
Recombination in some intervals of the map of phage lambda is associated with more DNA synthesis than in other intervals. Blockage of DNA synthesis by high temperature in a host temperature-sensitive for DNA synthesis results in the relative reduction of recombinant frequencies in those regions having the larger amounts of recombination-associated synthesis. Reduction of DNA synthesis at normal temperatures by a combination of the bacterial mutation and a mutation in one of the phage genes required for DNA synthesis has the same consequence. Therefore, DNA synthesis enhances recombinant particle formation more in some map intervals than in others.
Keywords: density label, DNA-negative mutants, Red system
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