PMID: 6409420Jul 1, 1983Paper

Unequal exchanges and the coevolution of X and Y rDNA arrays in Drosophila melanogaster

Cell
E S Coen, G A Dover

Abstract

We have examined the molecular basis of the response of individuals of D. melanogaster to artificial selection for high and low abdominal bristles. By monitoring the fate of particular rDNA spacer length variants associated with individually isolated X and Y chromosomes, we show that flies from the low bristle number selection lines have undergone an unequal exchange between the X and Y rDNA arrays. Such exchanges result in translocations between X and Y chromosomes, visualised as X.Y compound chromosomes at mitosis. Transfer of few copies of a length variant between X and Y indicates a clustering of variants. Flies that have reverted back to wild-type seemingly have undergone a second unequal exchange, giving rise to a compound X.Y chromosome containing Y rDNA of normal amounts. Unequal exchanges between X and Y rDNA arrays could contribute to the observed coevolution of rDNA sequences on these chromosomes. The biological significance of this outcome is discussed.

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