Histone transition during spermiogenesis is absent in segregation distorter males of Drosophila melanogaster.
Males homozygous for the segregation distorter chromosome are often sterile or nearly sterile as a result of the dysfunction of virtually all their sperm. Spermatid bundles from such males do not exhibit the normal transition from lysine-rich to arginine-rich histones.
D000818:Animals; D002869:Chromosome Aberrations / Q000378:metabolism*; D025063:Chromosome Disorders; D004331:Drosophila melanogaster / Q000378:metabolism; D006657:Histones / Q000378:metabolism*; D007248:Infertility, Male / Q000235:genetics; D008297:Male; D013087:Spermatids / Q000378:metabolism; D013091:Spermatogenesis
D006657:Histones