Isolation and characterization of Df(2L)BSC53
Megan Deal, Jennifer Deal and Kevin Cook
Bloomington Drosophila Stock Center
Df(2L)BSC53 was isolated as a P transposase-induced male recombination event involving P{lacW}Trf1 and P{PZ}lmg03424. The deletion was isolated as a dpov1-cn1 recombinant chromosome from the cross dpov1 cn1 bw1 females X dpov1 P{lacW}Trf1/P{PZ}lmg03424 cn1; TMS, Sb1 P{Delta2-3}99B/+ males. Polytene chromosome squashes showed the breakpoints 29A2-B1;29D2-E1. Df(2L)BSC53 failed to complement fy2. Females heterozygous for the deletion are sterile with misshapen eggs. Males heterozygous for the deletion are fertile.