Open AccessLACK OF DOSAGE COMPENSATION FOR AN AUTOSOMAL GENE RELOCATED TO THE X CHROMOSOME IN DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER
Author(s) -
Richard L. Roehrdanz,
James M. Kitchens,
John C. Lucchesi
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
genetics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.792
H-Index - 246
eISSN - 1943-2631
pISSN - 0016-6731
DOI - 10.1093/genetics/85.3.489
Subject(s) - dosage compensation , drosophila melanogaster , biology , genetics , chromosome , x chromosome , gene , gene dosage , melanogaster , drosophilidae , drosophila (subgenus) , gene expression
Aldehyde oxidase activity has been measured in flies with the structural gene for this enzyme translocated to the X chromosome. These measurements are presented as experimental evidence that, in Drosophila melanogaster, an autosomal gene relocated to the X chromosome is not dosage compensated.
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