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  • Title: Photographic polytene chromosome maps for Glossina morsitans submorsitans (Diptera: Glossinidae): cytogenetic analysis of a colony with sex-ratio distortion.
    Author: Gariou-Papalexiou A, Yannopoulos G, Zacharopoulou A, Gooding RH.
    Journal: Genome; 2002 Oct; 45(5):871-80. PubMed ID: 12416619.
    Abstract:
    Photographic polytene chromosome maps from trichogen cells of pharate adult Glossina morsitans submorsitans were constructed. Using the standard system employed to map polytene chromosomes of Drosophila, the characteristic landmarks were described for the X chromosome and the two autosomes (L1 and L2). Sex-ratio distortion, which is expressed in male G. m. submorsitans, was found to be associated with an X chromosome (X8) that contains three inversions in each arm. Preliminary data indicate no differences in the fecundity of X(A)X(A) and X(A)X(B) females, but there are indications that G. m. submorsitans in colonies originating from Burkina Faso and Nigeria have genes on the autosomes and (or) the Y chromosome that suppress expression of sex-ratio distortion.
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