Healing of euchromatic chromosome breaks by efficient de novo telomere addition in Drosophila melanogaster.
Previously, we observed that heterochromatic 4 and Y chromosomes that had experienced breakage in the male germline were frequently transmitted to progeny. Their behavior suggested that they carried functional telomeres. Here we show that efficient healing by de novo telomere addition is not unique to heterochromatic breaks.
Titen
Simon W A
SW
Department of Biology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, USA.
Golic
Kent G
KG
D000818:Animals; D019457:Chromosome Breakage; D056905:Chromosome Breakpoints; D004260:DNA Repair; D004331:Drosophila melanogaster / Q000235:genetics*; D022041:Euchromatin / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D016615:Telomere / Q000235:genetics*
D022041:Euchromatin