PMID: 2114534Jul 1, 1990Paper

Mutations induced at the white and vermilion loci in Drosophila melanogaster

Mutation Research
A PastinkJ C Eeken

Abstract

The white and vermilion loci in D. melanogaster were selected as target genes for the study of the mutational specificity of ionizing radiation and N-ethyl-N-nitrosourea (ENU) in a whole organism. Analysis of X-ray- and neutron-induced white mutants by a combination of genetic and molecular techniques showed that ionizing radiation induces primarily break-type mutations against a repair-proficient background, the majority of these alterations being deletions. Both very large multi-locus deficiencies and deletions of only a few base pairs were observed. These small deletions are flanked by repeats of 2-3 nucleotides, one copy of which is retained at the new junction. Presumably these small repeats are involved in the generation of the X-ray-induced deletions. In excision-repair-deficient mus201D1 flies, the frequency of whole-body white mutants recovered after X-ray irradiation is the same as in the wild-type strain. The percentage of mosaic mutations, however, is enhanced by a factor 3-4. Analysis by blot hybridization of ENU-induced white mutants strongly indicates that most mutations are due to base-pair changes. This was confirmed by sequence analysis of 25 ENU-induced vermilion mutants. In all mutants the alterations are du...Continue Reading

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