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A Y-translocation method for localizing enzyme genes onDrosophila polytene chromosomes

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X-Ray induced translocations between autosomes and the Y-chromosome giving balanced and aneuploid (partially trisomic) male offspring proved useful for a rather precise localization of enzyme loci in the subsections of the polytene chromosomes ofDrosophila subobscura.

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  1. Lehrstuhl Populationsgenetik, Institut für Biologie II, Auf der Morgenstelle 28, D-7400, Tübingen, (Federal Republic of Germany)

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  1. D. Sperlich
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Acknowledgments. The work was supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (Projekt Sp 146-6/1). We are very much obliged to Miss I. Kaipf and to Mrs. K. Stögerer for their excellent technical help.

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Sperlich, D., Pinsker, W. A Y-translocation method for localizing enzyme genes onDrosophila polytene chromosomes. Experientia 40, 203–206 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01963601

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