A REHABILITATION OF THE GENETIC MAP OF THE 84B-D REGION IN DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER

Douglas R. Cavener ¹, Deborah C. Otteson ², and Thomas C. Kaufman ²

¹ Department of Molecular Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37235
² Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405

A reanalysis of the 84B3 to 84B3,5 region of the polytene chromosomes of Drosophila melanogaster has led to the identification and localization of 16 genes. These genes include 11 vital loci, four genes exhibiting nonlethal visible mutant phenotypes and one gene encoding a nonessential enzyme. The identity of the gene products of two of the vital genes has been determined to be -tubulin and glucose dehydrogenase (Gld). Three newly identified genes, sticking (stk), half out ( hat) and trapped (ted), as well as Gld are required for eclosion. Among the nonessential genes are roughened eye (roe) and ruffed eye (rue), which affect eye texture. The roe phenotype is greatly enhanced by deletions that simultaneously remove roe and an unidentified locus in 84E. Mutations in another nonessential gene, rotund (rn), are characterized by pattern deletions of most adult appendages.

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