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Recombination in the proximal region of mouse chromosome 17 is greatly reduced in heterozygotes carrying the wild-type and thet complex-type chromosomes. The reason for this is the presence of two non-overlapping inversions in thet complex. Rare crossing-over does, however, occur within thet complex of thet/+ heterozygotes. Here we characterize four such exceptional intra-t recombinants,t Tu1 throught Tu4. To map the positions of the genetic exchange in these four recombinants, we analyzed them with DNA probes specific for 16 loci distributed over thet complex. The analysis revealed that in three of the four recombinants, an equal crossing-over occurred in the short region between the two inversions, producing chromosomes carrying either the proximal inversion only (t Tu1 andt Tu4) or the distal inversion only (t Tu2). In the fourth recombinant (t Tu3), unequal crossing-over occurred within the proximal inversion between lociD17Leh119 andD17Leh66, producing a chromosome in which the region containing lociTcp-1, T, andD17Tu5 has been duplicated. The duplication of theBrachyury locus leads to the suppression of the tail-shortening effect normally produced by the interaction of the dominant (T) and recessive (tct) alleles at this locus so that theT/t Tu3 mice have normal tails.
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Mizuno, K., Vincek, V., Figueroa, F. et al. Molecular characterization of four intra-t mouse recombinants. Immunogenetics 30, 112–118 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02421539
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