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Genetics, Vol 122, 801-821, Copyright © 1989
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The Genetic Analysis of Distributive Segregation in Drosophila melanogaster. I. Isolation and Characterization of Aberrant X segregation (Axs), a Mutation Defective in Chromosome Partner Choice
A. E. Zitron and R. S. Hawley
Department of Molecular Genetics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York 10464
We describe the isolation and characterization of Aberrant X segregation (Axs), a dominant female-specific meiotic mutation. Although Axs has little or no effect on the frequency or distribution of exchange, or on the disjunction of exchange bivalents, nonexchange X chromosomes undergo nondisjunction at high frequencies in Axs/+ and Axs/Axs females. This increased X chromosome nondisjunction is shown to be a consequence of an Axs-induced defect in distributive segregation. In Axs-bearing females, fourth chromosome nondisjunction is observed only in the presence of nonexchange X chromosomes and is argued to be the result of improper X and fourth chromosome associations within the distributive system. In XX females bearing a compound fourth chromosome, the frequency of nonhomologous disjunction of the X chromosomes from the compound fourth chromosome is shown to account for at least 80% of the total X nondisjunction observed. In addition, Axs diminishes or ablates the capacity of nonexchange X chromosomes to form trivalents in females bearing either a Y chromosome or a small free duplication for the X. Axs also impairs compound X from Y segregation. The effect of Axs on these segregations parallels the defects observed for homologous nonexchange X chromosome disjunction in Axs females. In addition to its dramatic effects on the X chromosome, Axs exerts a similar effect on the segregation of a major autosome. We conclude that Axs defines a locus required for proper homolog disjunction within the distributive system.
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