Dosage compensation in Drosophila melanogaster male and female embryos generated by segregation distortion of the sex chromosomes.
We report the first practical application of a genetic scheme devised for the purpose of obtaining large quantities of embryos of a specific sex. The scheme, which is based on the meiotic drive system Segregation Distorter, results in the production of populations of zygotes that are almost exclusively of one sex. We have used this scheme to determine that the steady-state levels of transcripts of X-linked genes are the same in early male and female embryos, establishing that these genes are dosage compensated.
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Department of Genetics, General and Molecular Biology, University of Naples, Italy.
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D000818:Animals; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D004303:Dosage Compensation, Genetic; D004331:Drosophila melanogaster / Q000196:embryology / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D008040:Genetic Linkage; D008297:Male; D008540:Meiosis; D012730:Sex Chromosomes; D014158:Transcription, Genetic