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THE EFFECT OF RECOMBINATION-DEFECTIVE MEIOTIC MUTANTS ON FOURTH-CHROMOSOME CROSSING OVER IN DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER
L. Sandler 1 and Paul Szauter 1
1 Department of Genetics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195
Crossing over was measured on the normally achiasmate fourth chromosome in females homozygous for one of our different recombination-defective meiotic mutants. Under the influence of those meiotic mutants that affect the major chromosomes by altering the spatial distribution of exchanges, meiotic fourth-chromosome recombinants were recovered irrespective of whether or not the meiotic mutant decreases crossing over on the other chromosomes. No crossing over, on the other hand, was detected on chromosome 4 in either wild type or in the presence of a meiotic mutant that decreases the frequency, but that does not affect the spatial distribution, of exchange on the major chromosomes. It is concluded from these observations that (a) in wild type there are regional constraints on exchange that can be attenuated or eliminated by the defects caused by recombination-defective meiotic mutants; (b) these very constraints account for the absence of recombination on chromosome 4 in wild type; and (c) despite being normally achiasmate, chromosome 4 responds to recombination-defective meiotic mutants in the same way as do the other chromosomes.
Submitted on May 4, 1978Revised on July 5, 1978
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