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ANALYSIS OF THE ALBINO-LOCUS REGION OF THE MOUSE. II. MOSAIC MUTANTS
Liane B. Russell 1
1 Biology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830
Among 119 mutations involving the c locus that were recovered in the course of mouse specific-locus experiments with external radiations, 16 were found in mosaic, or fractional, mutants. The number of additional c-locus fractionals that could have occurred in these experiments and, for a variety of reasons, might not have been clearly identified, probably does not exceed the present number.—There was no evidence for radiation induction of the fractionals, and even those occurring in the irradiated groups may thus be assumed to be of spontaneous origin. Since only two mutations in the control groups were found in whole-body mutants, it appears that the bulk of spontaneous c-locus mutations are fractionals.—None of the mutations recovered in fractional mutants was homozygous lethal; 25% were viable intermediate alleles, and the remainder were albino-like mutants, all viable except for one subvital and one not tested.—Genetic tests of the fractionals indicated no major selection against the new mutations, either gametically or in the progeny.—For the group of fractionals as a whole, about one-half of the germinal tissue carried the mutation, indicating that the fractionals came from an overall blastomere population that was one-half mutant. Such a population could result from mutation in one strand of the gamete DNA, in a daughter chromosome derived from pronuclear DNA synthesis of the zygote, or in one of the first two blastomeres prior to replication. Since the mouse embryo does not stem from all of the cleavage products of the zygote, the frequency of fractionals observed underestimates the frequency of mutational events that result in two types of blastomeres.
Submitted on December 30, 1977Revised on July 25, 1978
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