A genetic analysis of Region 31 on Chromosome 2 of Drosophila melanogaster

Genes that are subject to position-effect variegation (PEV) are located at newly formed euchromatic/heterochromatic junctions of chromosomal rearrangements. Variegated expression of these genes is believed to result from structural changes in their normal chromatin conformation. Several genetic modi...

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Main Author: Brock, Jo-Ann Karen
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2010
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/27399