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Polytene chromosomes from ovarian pseudonurse cells of the Drosophila melanogaster otu mutant

II. Photographic map of the X chromosome

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The banding pattern of the polytene chromosomes of the ovarian pseudonurse cells (PNC) of the Drosophila melanogaster otu 1 mutant were compared with larval salivary gland (SG) polytene chromosomes. The X chromosome was studied and no significant differences were found in the banding pattern between these functionally very different tissues. Most of the differences result from differential puffing activity. In situ hybridisation with five different DNA probes located along the X chromosome was used to cross-check the results obtained by morphological mapping. The constrictions present in the SG chromosomes were found to be absent in the germ line derived PNC chromosomes. There are prominent puffs in the PNC chromosomes at certain locations where genes known to be transcriptionally active in the germ line reside. This suggests that at least some of the genes active in the wild-type nurse cells may also be active in the PNC cells.

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Heino, T.I. Polytene chromosomes from ovarian pseudonurse cells of the Drosophila melanogaster otu mutant. Chromosoma 103, 4–15 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00364721

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