[Identification of a common deletion in different curly mutants in Drosophila melanogaster].
Curly is a easily distinguishable dominant mutant wing character. The Cy mutation is the most commonly used dominant marker for the second chromosome balancers in Drosophila melanogaster, but little is known about the Cy gene. Based on known genomic and cytogenetic information, a 102 bp deletion which is located between the Genes synaptotagmin (syt) and Activin Like Protein at 23B(Alp23B) on the Drosophila melanogaster genome (release 4) had been found to be commonly contained on Cy chromosome in three different curly strains. Meanwhile, when using the deletion as a DNA marker, the result suggested that Cy homozygote be lethal in embryo period. These results will provide some helpful information to investigate molecular mechanism of curly wings in the further study.
Li
Hong-Wei
HW
College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100094, China. lhwei2003@tom.com
Lian
Lin-Sheng
LS
Zhao
Chun-Jiang
CJ
Bai
Li-Hua
LH
Deng
Xue-Mei
XM
Wu
Chang-Xin
CX
D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002875:Chromosomes / Q000235:genetics; D004331:Drosophila melanogaster / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000254:growth & development; D017344:Genes, Insect / Q000235:genetics*; D005838:Genotype; D006720:Homozygote; D017384:Sequence Deletion; D014921:Wings, Animal / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000254:growth & development