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INSTANCES of exceptionally high frequencies of mutation1, male recombination2, chromosomal aberration3 and sterility4 have been observed, often simultaneously5–8, in many natural populations of Drosophila melanogaster during the past thirty years. In some cases2,6,8, these exceptional phenomena seem to be associated with chromosomes but not necessarily with specific loci. Tests for an infectious agent have given negative results2,4. Cytoplasmic factors, interacting with specific chromosomes, have been implicated in a few cases4,7 but in many others the experimental design did not provide for their detection. We report large differences in male recombination and F1 sterility between reciprocal crosses of strains derived from temporally and geographically diverse natural populations and several commonly-used laboratory marker and balancer stocks. Cytoplasm–chromosome interactions are suggested.
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KIDWELL, M., KIDWELL, J. Cytoplasm–chromosome interactions in Drosophila melanogaster. Nature 253, 755–756 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1038/253755a0
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