[Drosophila] Chromosome silencing

[Richard Bailey]

Dear all,

I'm trying to find out if there is any way to inactivate all or part  
of one copy of a chromosome (any chromosome) in D. melanogaster. The  
idea is to make a chromosome (or part of it) hemizygous (as with the X  
chromosome in males) where it wouldn't normally be, so that all genes  
are expressed whether recessive or not.

Many thanks for your time!

Richard.

Dr Richard Bailey
Dept of Animal Ecology
Evolutionary Biology Centre (EBC)
Uppsala University
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SE-752 36 Uppsala
SWEDEN

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