4Rt-102|[h26-h27]|20F-20A|15D-20A|15D-11F4|4E1-11F2|4D7-1B3|h32-XRt; 4Lt-102|[h27-h32]|1B2-XLt
h26-h27;102;[h26-h27];[102-102];
Homozygous viable.
A translocation with breakpoints in the h26 or h27 region of the FM7a variant carrying P{Tb1}FM7-A and the right tip of chromosome 4. The result is that the left tip of FM7a, including the distal In(1)sc8 1B2;20F breakpoint and the bb rDNA locus, is appended to chromosome 4 (FBrf0262931), and the distal end of FM7a is replaced by the right tip of the fourth chromosome. The fourth chromosome breakpoint occurred distal to fourth chromosome genes, so no fourth chromosome genes are appended to the distal end of FM7a.
T(1;4)FM7-A may be used the same way a typical X chromosome balancer is used for balancing X chromosomes - in fact it was used extensively as a routine X chromosome balancer before the translocation was discovered. Nevertheless, care must be exercised in using this balancer in crosses involving fourth chromosome genetic elements.