THE ROLE OF DOSAGE OF THE REGION 7D1–7D5-6 OF THE X CHROMOSOME IN THE PRODUCTION OF HOMEOTIC TRANSFORMATIONS IN DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER

M. Gans ¹, F. Forquignon ¹, and M. Masson ¹

¹ Centre de Génétique Moléculaire, C.N.R.S., 91190 Gif-sur-Yvette, France

A high frequency of homeotic transformations appears in Df(3)red/+ progeny of Df(1)sn^C128 /+ females. Generally, the metathoracic appendages are partially transformed into mesothoracic ones. Df(1)sn^C128 includes a small region of the X chromosome: 7D1 to 7D5-6. Hypodosage of this region is mainly effective at the level of the maternal genotype, and the effect is probably due to hypodosage of the wild-type allele of the gene fs(1)h. Df(3)red has an effect that is mainly, if not exclusively, zygotic, probably due to hypodosage of the wild-type allele of Rg-bx. The frequencies of transformed flies resulting from the interaction between Df(1)sn^C128 and Df(3)red are not very sensitive to external conditions and genetic background. Studies of the interactions between Df(1)sn^C128 and other mutations or deficiencies of chromosome 3 [Rg-pbx, bx, pbx, Ubx¹, Ubx¹³⁰, Ubx⁸⁰, Df(3)P9] reveal an analogy between the hypodosage effect of region 7D1–7D5-6 and the effects of ether treatment of blastoderm stage eggs. The role of the gene fs(1)h in the process of segment determination is discussed in the light of these results.

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