A new type of organization of the genetic material in eukaryotes.
An investigation of the properties of a number of genes of Drosophila, obtained by cloning recombinant DNAs, led to the detection of a new type of organization of genetic material. It was found that a number of actively working structural genes of Drosophila are represented by a large number of copies, scattered over its chromosomes. Their localization in the chromosomes is variable, although they are always detected in regions of intercalary heterochromatin. The latter evidently is a site of accumulation of various multiple genes.
D000483:Alleles; D000818:Animals; D010582:Bacteriophage lambda / Q000235:genetics; D001483:Base Sequence; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D002875:Chromosomes / Q000648:ultrastructure; D004274:DNA, Recombinant; D004331:Drosophila melanogaster / Q000235:genetics*; D006570:Heterochromatin / Q000502:physiology; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
D004274:DNA, Recombinant; D006570:Heterochromatin; D012333:RNA, Messenger