[The role of heterochromatin in meiotic pairing of chromosomes in Drosophila melanogaster males]. 1994

L V OImel'ianchuk, and E I Volkova

The gamete spectrum of males containing metacentric chromosome 2 and combinations of 2R and 2L acrocentrics with heterochromatic regions of different size was studied. Changes in the size of the heterochromatic block located to the right of the centromere in the acrocentric 2L can alter the disjunction of this acrocentric, as well as that of the acrocentric of the opposite 2R arm. It is therefore concluded that, in addition to the major pairing site located at the base of arm 2L, the sites located in heterochromatin of the 2R arm also function during meiotic pairing in males. An account is given of the participation of a 2L acrocentric, containing Y-material at the telomeric end, either in pairing with metacentric chromosome 2 or with the X-chromosome, but not with both of them simultaneously. This phenomenon may be due to the spatial relations of pairing sites and the coiling of pairing chromosomes.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D008540 Meiosis A type of CELL NUCLEUS division, occurring during maturation of the GERM CELLS. Two successive cell nucleus divisions following a single chromosome duplication (S PHASE) result in daughter cells with half the number of CHROMOSOMES as the parent cells. M Phase, Meiotic,Meiotic M Phase,M Phases, Meiotic,Meioses,Meiotic M Phases,Phase, Meiotic M,Phases, Meiotic M
D002875 Chromosomes In a prokaryotic cell or in the nucleus of a eukaryotic cell, a structure consisting of or containing DNA which carries the genetic information essential to the cell. (From Singleton & Sainsbury, Dictionary of Microbiology and Molecular Biology, 2d ed) Chromosome
D004331 Drosophila melanogaster A species of fruit fly frequently used in genetics because of the large size of its chromosomes. D. melanogaster,Drosophila melanogasters,melanogaster, Drosophila
D006570 Heterochromatin The portion of chromosome material that remains condensed and is transcriptionally inactive during INTERPHASE. Heterochromatins
D000818 Animals Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA. Animal,Metazoa,Animalia

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