Dp(1;f)γ878/Dp(1;f)10B heterozygotes increases y+ expression, to 35% of full Dp(1;f)γ158 trans-suppression. y+ expression is quantitated in triple row bristles.
Acentric mini-chromosomes are lost at a moderate but elevated rate during male germline mitotic divisions and in female mitosis, but appear to be transmitted efficiently through pre-blastoderm mitoses and male meiosis. mit(1)15 can localise to the mini-chromosome.
Minichromosome is 720bp in length.
Contains 400kb of centric heterochromatin in inverted orientation.
Monosome transmission behaviour from both male and female parents is stable demonstrating normal transmission and normal centromere function.
"Terminal" deletion.
Used in experiments that showed that efficient achiasmate homolog disjunction in female meiosis I requires 1000kb of overlap in the centric heterochromatin and is not affected by homologous euchromatin or overall size differences. Disjunction efficiency decreases linearly as heterochromatic overlap is reduced from 1000 to 430kb. Rescue experiments with nod transgenes showed that heterochromatin does not act solely to promote chromosome movement or spindle attachment. Centric heterochromatin seems to contain multiple pairing elements that act additively to initiate or maintain the proper alignment of achiasmate chromosomes in meiosis I.