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

AUTOR(ES)

Baker, William K.

RESUMO

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.

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