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A single X-chromosome balancer-bearingCelegans ♂+, as a founder of a strain (AF1), was isolated directly from Fl progeny of irradiated+dpy-8unc-3/lon-2++ hermaphrodites on the basis of the absence of recombinant F2 categories. The balancer chromosome (Bal-X-1) suppresses recombination over a two-thirds section of the X chromosome (between genesdpy-8 andlet-2) and is associated with a reciprocal translocation between linkage groups (LG) X and I. Animals homozygous for the translocation (szT1(X:1)) are nonviable. Hermaphrodites heterozygous for the translocation segregate male selfprogeny at a frequency of 0.08-0.12.Bal-X-l carries the marker mutationlon-2(e678) and can be detected cytologically. This balancer chromosome proved useful for rnaimaininga number of X-linked lethal mutations and deficiencies inC. elegans.
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Fodor, A., Deàk, P. The isolation and genetic analysis of aCaenorhabditis elegants translocation (szT1) strain bearing an X-chromosome balancer. J. Genet. 64, 143–157 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02931143
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