DYSFUNCTIONAL SPERM PRODUCTION IN Drosophila melanogaster MALES HOMOZYGOUS FOR THE SEGREGATION DISTORTER ELEMENTS*

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Drosophila males heterozygous for the segregation distorter chromosome show a reduction in fecundity which is correlated with the degree of distortion of their segregation ratio. When males are made homozygous for the segregation distorter elements, their fecundity is lowered to just that extent expected if each SD were independently causing the sperms carrying the other to dysfunction. In three cases tested, Sd Ac/Ac, Sd Ac/Sd Ac, and Sd Ac St/Sd Ac St, the fecundity of the males is consistent with the dysfunction model, whereas the females are normal.

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