Article PDF
References
Bridges, C B, and Brehme, K S. 1944. The mutants of Drosophila melanogaster. Carn Inst Washington Pub. 552.
Dobzhansky, T H. 1936. Induced chromosomal aberrations in animals. In Duggan, B. M. Biological effects of radiation, London and New York: McGraw Hill, chapter, 38.
Dobzhansky, T H. 1944. Distribution of heterochromatin in the chromosomes of Drosophila pallidipennis. Amer nat 78, 193–213.
Fabergé, A C. 1936. The physiological consequences of polyploidy. J Genet, 33, 398–399.
Kosswig, C, and Shengün, A. 1947. Intra-individual variability of chromosome IV of Chironomus. J Hered, 38, 235–239.
Mather, K. 1941. Variation and selection of polygenic characters. J Genet 41, 159–193.
Mather, K. 1942. The balance of polygenic combinations. J Genet 43, 309–336.
Mather, K. 1943. Polygenic inheritance and natural selection. Biol Rev 18, 32–64.
Mather, K. 1944. The genetical activity of heterochromatin. PRSB 132, 308–332.
Pavan, C. 1946. Chromosomal variation in Drosophila nebulosa. Genetics 31, 546–557.
Payne, F. 1918. An experiment to test the nature of the variation on which selection acts. Indiana Univ Studies V (no. 36), 1–45.
Prokofieva-Belgovskaja, A A. 1947. Heterochromatisation as a change of chromosome cycle. J Genet 48, 80–98.
Sismanidis, A. 1942. Selection for an almost invariable character in Drosophila. J Genet 44, 204–215.
Slizynski, B M. 1945. “Ectopic” pairing and the distribution of heterochromatin in the X chromosome of salivary gland nuclei of Drosophila melanogaster. PRS Edin, B 62, 114–119.
Slizynska, H, and Slizynski, B M. 1947. Genetical and cytological studies of lethals induced by chemical treatment in Drosophila melanogaster. PRS Edin, B 62, 234–242.
Wigan, L G. 1944. Balance and potence in natural populations. J Genet 46, 150–160.
Wigan, L G, and Mather, K. 1942. Correlated response to the selection of polygenic characters. Ann Eugen Camb 11, 354–364.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
Wigan, L. The distribution of polygenic activity on the X-chromosome of Drosophila melanogaster. Heredity 3, 53–66 (1949). https://doi.org/10.1038/hdy.1949.2
Received:
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/hdy.1949.2
This article is cited by
-
Genetic basis for remating inDrosophila melanogaster. VI. Recombination analysis
Behavior Genetics (1991)
-
Genetics of coxal chaetae in Drosophila Melanogaster
Heredity (1978)
-
Fecundity, egg-size and hatchability inDrosophila melanogaster with an X-chromosome held unchanged
Journal of Genetics (1968)
-
Inheritance of growth rate in Neurospora crassa: Reverse selection in an improved strain
Heredity (1967)
-
Variation in wild populations of Papaver dubium
Heredity (1965)