A New Resource for Characterizing X-linked Genes in Drosophila melanogaster: Systematic Coverage and Subdivision of the X Chromosome with Nested, Y-linked Duplications.
Journal Article (Academic article)
Interchromosomal duplications are especially important for the study of X-linked genes. Males inheriting a mutation in a vital X-linked gene cannot survive unless there is a wild type copy of the gene duplicated elsewhere in the genome. Rescuing the lethality of an X-linked mutation with a duplication allows the mutation to be used experimentally in complementation tests and other genetic crosses and it maps the mutated gene to a defined chromosomal region. Duplications can also be used to screen for dosage-dependent enhancers and suppressors of mutant phenotypes as a way to identify genes involved in the same biological process. We describe an ongoing project in Drosophila melanogaster to generate comprehensive coverage and extensive breakpoint subdivision of the X chromosome with megabase-scale X segments borne on Y chromosomes. The in vivo method involves the creation of X inversions on attached-XY chromosomes by FLP-FRT technology followed by irradiation to induce large internal X deletions. The resulting chromosomes consist of the X tip, a medial X segment placed near the tip by an inversion and a full Y. A nested set of medial duplicated segments is derived from each inversion precursor. We have constructed a set of inversions on attached-XY chromosomes that enable us to isolate nested duplicated segments from all X regions. To date, our screens have provided a minimum of 78% X coverage with duplication breakpoints spaced a median of nine genes apart. These duplication chromosomes will be valuable resources for rescuing and mapping X-linked mutations and identifying dosage-dependent modifiers of mutant phenotypes.
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Duke Authors
Cited Authors
- Cook, RK; Deal, ME; Deal, JA; Garton, RD; Brown, CA; Ward, ME; Andrade, RS; Spana, EP; Kaufman, TC; Cook, KR
Published Date
- September 2010
Published In
PubMed ID
- 20876560
Pubmed Central ID
- PMC2998296
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
- 1943-2631
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
- 10.1534/genetics.110.123265
Language
- English