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The replication of DNA in the giant chromosomes in different cells of Drosophila larval salivary glands is asynchronous. A method of in vivo synchronization of the nuclei has been successfully devised by a 5′-fluorodeoxyuridine (FdU) block-release-thymidine chase technique, and the patterns of replication sequences have been examined by 3H-thymidine autoradiography. When the larvae of Drosophila melanogaster are fed on FdU for 48 h, and the block is released thereafter, most cells are found in mid-replication phase (termed 3C). When the larvae are subjected to a chase in normal Drosophila medium (or sucrose), a series of cells arrive at 3C phase about every 8 h. When they are chased in sucrose containing thymidine, the number of cells in 3C phase rises to 70%, and then drops rapidly to 1–2% of all labelled cells. The terminal phases (3D, 2D and 1D) reach a peak between 4–8 h. At 12–14 h of chase the 3D-1D peaks decline and a third peak consisting mostly of the initial phases (DD-1C) is found at 14–16 h. The replication of DNA in polytene chromosomes of Drosophila thus seems to proceed in a regular sequence of DD-3C-1D.
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Dedicated to Professor W. Beermann on the occasion of his 60th birthday
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Achary, P.M.R., Majumdar, K., Duttagupta, A. et al. Replication of DNA in larval salivary glands of Drosophila after in vivo synchronization. Chromosoma 82, 505–514 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00295009
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