Open AccessHealing of Euchromatic Chromosome Breaks by Efficient de novo Telomere Addition in Drosophila melanogaster
Author(s) -
Simon Titen,
Kent G. Golic
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
genetics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.792
H-Index - 246
eISSN - 1943-2631
pISSN - 0016-6731
DOI - 10.1534/genetics.109.109934
Subject(s) - euchromatin , biology , drosophila melanogaster , genetics , telomere , chromosome , heterochromatin , dna , gene
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.
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