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Some genetic properties of intrachromosomal recombination

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Intrachromosomal recombination was estimated by the occurrence of unequal crossing over without marker gene exchange in three different, independent tandem duplicaltions in Drosophila melanogaster. Each tandem duplication gave rise to intrachromosomal recombinants. The frequency of intrachromosomal recombination is independent of the genetic length of the tandem duplication. Further, intrachromosomal recombinants were recovered as frequently in ring as in rod X chromosomes implying that the recombination event is not equatable to a single interchromosomal crossover.

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    M. M. Green

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Green, M.M. Some genetic properties of intrachromosomal recombination. Molec. Gen. Genet. 103, 209–217 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00273688

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