Chromosome elimination in sciarid flies
Chromosome elimination in
sciarid flies
Clara Goday* and M. Rosario Esteban
Summary
The programmed elimination of part of the genome
through chromosome loss or chromatin diminution
constitutes an exceptional biological process found to
be present in several diverse groups of organisms. The
occurrence of this phenomenon during early embryogen-
esis is generally correlated to somatic versus germ-line
differentiation. A most outstanding example of chromo-
