Personal communication from: John Belote, Syracuse University
To: Bloomington Drosophila Stock Center
Subject: Df(3R)by62 is a simple deficiency
Dated: 25 Jan 2000
Background: Df(3R)by62 was originally reported to be a deficient translocation. This pc provides updated cytology for this aberration. Whether the original report was in error or the translocation has healed is unknown.
If the latter, it is possible that some stocks of Df(3R)by62 retain the translocation. John's cytology was done on a copy of the Bloomington stock.
Information communicated:
I have examined the polytenes of Df(3R)by62/+ larvae, and I don't see any evidence of a  2:3  translocation. The rearrangment at 85D-F looks like a typical, conventional deficiency with the breakpoints at ~85D10-11 or so,
and 85F8-11 or so. It seems to me to be deleted for 85F6. I can see 85F12.13 bands but I'm not sure if 85F11 is deleted or not.