TY - JOUR
T1 - Effect of intercalating mutagens on crossing-over in Drosophila melanogaster females
AU - Xamena, N.
AU - Creus, A.
AU - Marcos, R.
PY - 1985/8/1
Y1 - 1985/8/1
N2 - In order to evaluate the effect of several intercalating compounds on crossing-over in Drosophila melanogaster females, acridine orange, acriflavine, chloroquine, ethidium bromide and quinacrine were fed separately to larvae of y ct f/+++ genotype. Our results show that acridine orange, acriflavine and ethidium bromide increase significantly the recombination frequency at the ct-f region and support the view that, for intercalating agents, there is a relationship between clastogenic activity and female recombination induction. © 1985 Birkhäuser Verlag.
AB - In order to evaluate the effect of several intercalating compounds on crossing-over in Drosophila melanogaster females, acridine orange, acriflavine, chloroquine, ethidium bromide and quinacrine were fed separately to larvae of y ct f/+++ genotype. Our results show that acridine orange, acriflavine and ethidium bromide increase significantly the recombination frequency at the ct-f region and support the view that, for intercalating agents, there is a relationship between clastogenic activity and female recombination induction. © 1985 Birkhäuser Verlag.
KW - Drosophila melanogaster
KW - clastogenic activity
KW - crossing-over
KW - intercalating mutagens
KW - recombination induction
U2 - 10.1007/BF01952152
DO - 10.1007/BF01952152
M3 - Article
SN - 0014-4754
VL - 41
SP - 1078
EP - 1079
JO - Experientia
JF - Experientia
ER -