DISTRIBUTION OF “SEX-RATIO” AGENT IN TISSUES
DISTRIBUTION OF “SEX-RATIO” AGENT IN TISSUES
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“性别比”剂在组织中的分布
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发表时间:
2003
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通讯作者:
D. Poulson
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Drosophila WILLISTONIl;D. Poulson
HE abnormal condition referred to as “sex-ratio” in Drosophila willistoni is Tcharacterized by extreme departures from the normal 1: 1 ratio of the sexes, i.e. either completely, or nearly completely, female progenies ( MALOGOLOWKIN and POULSON 1957; MALOGOLOWKIN 1958). Absence of males is a consequence of mortality in embryonic stages (MALOGOLOWKIN and FOULSON 1957; MALOGOLOWKIN, POULSON and WRIGHT 1959), the time of onset of the disturbance being a function of the genotypic background (POULSON and COUNCE 1959; COUNCE and POULSON 1961). The abnormal dying eggs contain an agent which when introduced into females of previously normal strains converts them to the “sex-ratio” condition (MALOGOLOWKIN and POULSON 1957; MALOGOLOWKIN, POULSON and WRIGHT 1959). The rarely surviving sons of “sex-ratio” females were found to be incapable of transmitting the condition (MALOGOLOWKIN 1958). By analogy with other instances of “sex-ratio” ( MAGNI 1954,1956; CAVALCANTI, FALCXO and CASTRO 1957) such males have been assumed to be free of the “sexratio” agent. This paper is an account of experiments to test the distribution and localization of the infectious “sex-ratio” agent particularly in the organs and tissues of adult flies as a first step in the elucidation of the nature of the agent. A preliminary report was given by SAKAGUCHI and POULSON 1959.