title: The synthesis of compound autosomes in the Australian sheep blowfly Lucilia cuprina.
abstract: The synthesis of the first compound chromosome strain in Lucilla cuprina (Diptera: Calliphoridae) (Weidemann) is described. Crosses between the compound chromosome strain and a chromosomally normal strain produce no offspring, whereas crosses between compound chromosome-bearing individuals are fertile. Cytological evidence is presented that compound chromosome arms assort art random with respect to one another during spermatogenesis.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002869:Chromosome Aberrations; D002875:Chromosomes; D003433:Crosses, Genetic; D004175:Diptera; D005260:Female; D005298:Fertility; D008297:Male; D009154:Mutation; D012756:Sheep / Q000469:parasitology; D014178:Translocation, Genetic