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Cytological and genetic localization of a Y-autosome translocation in an australian strain of the housefly,Musca domestica

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The Australian housefly strainKIN lacks a separate Y-chromosome and both males and females have 2 X-chromosomes. Genetic analyses showed the presence of the male-determining factor on autosome II, while cytological analyses demonstrated that part of the Y-chromosome has become attached to the same autosome. The Y-chromosome material is thus indicated as the site of the male-determining factor in this strain.

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  1. D. S. Lester

    Present address: Department of Zoology, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel

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  1. School of Zoology, University of New South Wales, Kensington, N.S.W., Australia

    D. S. Lester, R. H. Crozier & E. Shipp

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Lester, D.S., Crozier, R.H. & Shipp, E. Cytological and genetic localization of a Y-autosome translocation in an australian strain of the housefly,Musca domestica. Experientia 35, 172–173 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01920594

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