7F1-7F2;8A1-8A2
bk2 hits oc
Breakpoint 2 was linked to a EcoRI-EcoRI restriction fragment. The position of the restriction fragment on the reference sequence was inferred by a FlyBase curator.
Breakpoint(s) molecularly mapped
Sequences containing both breakpoints as well as adjacent sequences cloned. Inversion shows drastically altered pattern of differential replication of sequences surrounding 7F1-2; the 40 kb of DNA lying distal to the 7F breakpoint do not amplify as in the normal X; the remaining 50 kb, now adjacent to 8A, show somewhat reduced amplification. Sequences proximal to the 8A breakpoint do amplify in In(1)oc-containing follicle cells. Region 7F seems to contain a replication origin stimulated to additional rounds of replication.
Homozygous females sterile, but sterility may not be due to mutation at oc since ocl/oc females are fertile (Lefevre). Cp36 and Cp38 are included within and 1-3 kb from the distal breakpoint of the inversion. Synthesis of chorion proteins s36-1 and s36-2 much reduced in homozygotes (Spradling et al., 1979). Abnormal ultrastructure of chorion described by Johnson and King (1974).
Bedichek, 15th March 1930.
Two phenotypic defects are separable: female sterile defect is associated with 7F1-7F2 breakpoint and the oc defect with the 8A breakpoint.
Limits of break 1 from polytene analysis (citation unavailable) Limits of break 2 from complementation mapping against oc (citation unavailable)