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Genetics, Vol 146, 919-937, Copyright © 1997
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Topological Constraints on Transvection Between white Genes Within the Transposing Element TE35B in Drosophila melanogaster
D. Gubb, J. Roote, J. Trenear, D. Coulson and M. Ashburner
Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3EH, United Kingdom
The transposable element TE35B carries two copies of the white (w) gene at 35B1.2 on the second chromosome. These w genes are suppressed in a zeste-1 (z(1)) mutant background in a synapsis-dependent manner. Single-copy derivatives of the original TE35B stock give red eyes when heterozygous, but zeste eyes when homozygous. TE35B derivatives carrying single, double or triple copies of w were crossed to generate flies carrying from two to five ectopic w genes. Within this range, z(1)-mediated suppression is insensitive to copynumber and does not distinguish between w genes that are in cis or in trans. Suppression does not require the juxtaposition of even numbers of w genes, but is extremely sensitive to chromosomal topology. When arranged in a tight cluster, in triple-copy TE derivatives, w genes are nonsuppressible. Breakpoints falling within TE35B and separating two functional w genes act as partial suppressors of z(1). Similarly, breakpoints immediately proximal or distal to both w genes give partial suppression. This transvection-dependent downregulation of w genes may result from mis-activation of the X-chromosome dosage compensation mechanism.
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