Hostname: page-component-7b7567c8c-lpg2g Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2026-11-15T12:25:54.526Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

An experiment on recombination load in Drosophila melanogaster

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 April 2009

Brian Charlesworth and
Deborah Charlesworth
Brian Charlesworth
Affiliation:
Department of Genetics, University of Liverpool*
Deborah Charlesworth
Affiliation:
Department of Genetics, University of Liverpool*
Rights & Permissions [Opens in a new window]

Summary

Core share and HTML view are not available for this content. However, as you have access to this content, a full PDF is available via the 'Save PDF' action button.

This paper describes the results of an experiment to measure the effect on mean population fitness of recombination in the second chromosome of Drosophila melanogaster. There was a small and non-significant effect of recombination in lowering egg-to-adult viability of heterozygotes for wild-type chromosomes. A large (7%) and significant effect of recombinant chromosomes on the fecundity of Cy female carriers was detected.

Information

Type
Research Article
Information
Genetics Research , Volume 25 , Issue 3 , June 1975, pp. 267 - 273
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1975

References

REFERENCES

Bonnier, G. (1957). Cy L versus Cy L–Pm technique in Drosophila melanogaster. Evolution 11, 369–371.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Charlesworth, B. (1969). Genetic variation in viability in Drosophila melanogaster. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Cambridge.Google Scholar
Charlesworth, B. & Charlesworth, D. (1973). Selection of new inversions in multi-locus genetic systems. Genetical Research 21, 167–183.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Dobzhansky, T. (1951). Genetics and the Origin of Species. New York: Columbia University Press.Google Scholar
Fisher, R. A. (1930). The Genetical Theory of Natural Selection. Oxford: Clarendon Press.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Hollingsworth, M. J. & Smith, J. Maynard (1955). The effects of inbreeding on rate of development and on fertility in Drosophila subobscura. Journal of Genetics 53, 295–314.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Ives, P. T. (1970). Further genetic studies of the South Amherst population of Drosophila melanogaster. Evolution 24, 507–518.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Kojima, K. & Kelleher, T. M. (1961). Changes of mean fitness in random mating populations when epistasis and linkage are present. Genetics 46, 527–540.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Lindsley, D. I. & Grell, E. H. (1968). Genetic Variation in Drosophila melanogaster. Washington: Carnegie Institute Publication 627.Google Scholar
Mukai, T. & Yamaguchi, O. (1974). The genetic structure of natural populations of Drosophila melanogaster. XI. Genetic variability in a local population. Genetics 76, 339–366.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Philip, U., Rendel, J. M., Spurway, H. & Haldane, J. B. S. (1944). Genetics and karyology of Drosophila subobscura. Nature 154, 260–262.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Wallace, B. (1956). Studies on irradiated populations of Drosophila melanogaster. Journal of Genetics 54, 280–293.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Wallace, B. (1968). Topics in Population Genetics. New York: W. W. Norton.Google Scholar
Wasserman, M. (1972). Factors influencing fitness in chromosomal strains in Drosophila subobscura. Genetics 72, 691–708.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed