title: [Transposition bursts in analysis of repeated mutations in unstable strains of Drosophila melanogaster].
abstract: The phenomenon of transposition memory was earlier demonstrated for the cut locus and mdg4. This work has been aimed at finding out, in what way the transposition memory can be realized. An unstable stock cmMR17ctMRpN17 was analysed which had high frequency of double cm+ct+ reversions and cmMRctMRpN repeated mutations. A series of five such transpositions could be followed. The ctMRpN17 mutation is a result of insertion at the cut locus mdg4 with the jockey element inserted within it. As seen from in situ hybridization analysis, transitions to the normal phenotype correlate, as a rule, with the excision of mdg4 and the jockey from the cut locus. Analysis of distribution of mdg1, mdg2, mdg3 and jockey on the X-chromosome of unstable revertants and repeated mutants indicated that not only transpositions of mdg4 and jockey, but also those of all mobile elements tested occur. So, we propose that the transposition memory in our genetic system is manifested in the process of transposition bursts.
authors.forename: E Z
authors.initials: EZ
authors.lastname: Kochieva
authors.forename: T I
authors.initials: TI
authors.lastname: Gerasimova
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004251:DNA Transposable Elements; D004331:Drosophila melanogaster / Q000235:genetics*; D005819:Genetic Markers; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000235:genetics; D008291:Malate Dehydrogenase / Q000235:genetics; D009154:Mutation; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D011995:Recombination, Genetic
chemical_list: D004251:DNA Transposable Elements; D005819:Genetic Markers; D007527:Isoenzymes; D008291:Malate Dehydrogenase
vernacular_title: Transpozitsionnye vzryvy pri analize povtornykh mutatsiĭ v nestabil'nykh liniiakh Drosophila melanogaster.