From owner-drosophila@net.bio.net Tue Jul 04 23:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!bcm!cs.utexas.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!po.CWRU.Edu!jjc4 From: jjc4@po.CWRU.Edu (James J. Campanella) Newsgroups: bionet.drosophila Subject: drosophila telomeres and recombination Date: 4 Jul 1995 21:10:11 GMT Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio (USA) Lines: 18 Message-ID: <3tcanj$m8f@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: owl.ins.cwru.edu Dear Drosophila researchers, I have a quick question. Do drosophila have increased levels of recombination for markers near telomeres as in other higher organisms? I have searched the literature for an answer to that question without much luck.If you've got a reference,that would be even better. Thanks a lot. Jim Campanella Biolgy Dept. Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, Ohio 44106 -- "Sometimes the Road less travelled is less travelled for a reason." - Jerry Seinfeld .