STUDIES ON RIBOSOMAL-RNA CISTRONS IN INTERSPECIFIC DROSOPHILA HYBRIDS .1. NUCLEOLAR DOMINANCE
STUDIES ON RIBOSOMAL-RNA CISTRONS IN INTERSPECIFIC DROSOPHILA HYBRIDS .1. NUCLEOLAR DOMINANCE
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DOI:
10.1016/0012-1606(77)90240-8
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发表时间:
1977-01-01
影响因子:
2.7
通讯作者:
KRIDER, HM
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作者:
DURICA, DS;KRIDER, HM
Interspecific hybrids between D. melanogaster and D. simulans were examined for patterns of secondary constriction formation at the nucleolus-organizer regions. In neuroblast tissue taken from F1 interspecific hybrids, a nucleolar constriction was normally absent from the D. simulans X chromosome, while a secondary constriction was always associated with the D. melanogaster sex chromosome, regardless of the origin of maternal egg cytoplasm. When hybrids lacking a D. melanogaster sex chromosome were constructed, the resulting XO males were viable and displayed a constriction at the D. simulans nucleolus organizer. A preferential transcription of ribosomal DNA from the D. melanogaster genome probably occurs when nucleolus organizers from both species are present in conjunction, a phenomenon termed nucleolar dominance. rDNA redundancy in regular interspecific F1 progeny was monitored by RNA-DNA hybridization. Parental values conformed to previously reported measurements, but hybrid rDNA values were nonadditive with respect to the parental contributions. Hybrid females possessed rDNA levels .apprx. 73 genes in excess of predicted values. Since F1 hybrid progeny presumably inherit wild-type of rDNA levels this disproportionate increase may represent a response to a functional, rather than a physical, deficiency.