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Rouxs Arch Dev Biol. 1990 May;199(5):251-280. doi: 10.1007/BF01709505.

Spermatogenesis inDrosophila hydei: A genetic survey.

Roux's archives of developmental biology : the official organ of the EDBO

Johannes H P Hackstein, Heinz Beck, Ron Hochstenbach, Hannie Kremer, Helmut Zacharias

Affiliations

  1. Department of Molecular and Developmental Genetics, Catholic University of Nijmegen, Faculty of Science, Toernooiveld, NL-6525 ED, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
  2. Institute of Zoology, University of Kiel, D-2300, Kiel, Federal Republic of Germany.

PMID: 28306111 DOI: 10.1007/BF01709505

Abstract

We constructed balancer-chromosomes for the large autosomes ofDrosophila hydei and screened more than 16000 chromosomes for male sterile mutations in order to dissect spermatogenesis genetically. 365 mutants on the X chromosome and the autosomes 2, 3, and 4 were recovered and analysed cytologically in squash preparations under phase-contrast optics. The majority of the mutations allows a rather advanced differentiation of the spermatozoa. At the light-microscopical level, it is possible to classify these mutations with respect to individualization, coiling or motility of the mutant spermatozoa. In contrast, a small number of mutants exhibits conspicuous, pleiotropic phenotypes. Gonial divisions, the shaping of the spermatocyte nucleus and male meiotic divisions are controlled by X chromosomal or autosomal genes which can mutate to male sterile alleles. A number of nonallelic 3

Keywords: Cellular differentiation; Drosophilia; Male sterile mutations; Spermatogenesis; Y chromosomal lampbrush loops

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