Physical map of the white locus of Drosophila melanogaster.
AUTOR(ES)
Levis, R
RESUMO
The white locus of Drosophila melanogaster is a genetically well-characterized locus, mutations in which alter the degree of pattern of pigmentation of the eyes. Using a previously cloned DNA segment containing a portion of the white locus of a mutant allele, we have cloned and characterized the DNA of a 48-kilobase chromosomal region of the Canton S wild-type strain. We have mapped the positions, relative to restriction endonuclease cleavage sites, of several previously characterized chromosomal rearrangement breakpoints that bracket the while locus. These results define a segment of 14 kilobase that contains all of the white locus sequences necessary for the production of a wild-type eye color phenotype. By conventional criteria, no repetitive sequences are present within this 14-kilobase segment; however, we have identified an extremely weak DNA sequence homology between a portion of this segment and a chromosomal region in the vicinity of the zeste locus.
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