Induces high frequency of 4th chromosome nondisjunction. Strong suppression of meiotic exchange across the distal third of the X chromosome.
Ts(1Lt;4Lt)wm5 added to a normal male genome produces males with 20% normal viability that are weakly fertile; added to a diploid female genome, it produces a fertile hyperploid genome; and added to a triploid intersex genome, it is virtually lethal.
A block of X heterochromatin is just distal to the w locus (from In(1)wm4h) such that the w locus is flanked proximally by 4th chromosome heterochromatin and distally by X heterochromatin. It is suggested that the block of X heterochromatin is responsible for the large size of Ts(1Lt;4Lt)wm5, three times the metaphase length of the 4th chromosome.
Duplication 1.9 times the length of chromosome 4 at metaphase.