Abstract
The Japanese quail was used as an experimental system to detect the effects of genes that affect chromosome behavior and distribution. From a random-bred population, three inbred generations were produced by full-sib matings in 36 families. The expectation from such a breeding scheme was that embryos bearing aberrations induced by recessive mutant genes would cluster within families and recur in particular lineages. Chromosomal aberrations caused by errors during fertilization, cleavage mitosis, and gametogenesis were scored in 2,037 16- to 18-h embryos from 107 families. Comparisons of the observed frequencies among families and lineages and pedigree analysis indicated that four types of chromosome aberrations had a genetic basis: (1) triploidy and triploid chimerism; (2) haploidy and haploid chimerism; (3) diploid/tetraploid mosaicism; and (4) a new aberration, referred to as "atypical mitotic metaphase." Analysis of the sex-chromosome complements of the embryos indicated that triploidy resulted predominantly from diploid ova, haploid cell lines originated from supernumerary sperm nuclei, and tetraploid cell lines resulted from endoreduplication or failure of cytokinesis. Clustering of triploidy in particular lineages was due to dispermy or recurrent suppression of one or both meiotic divisions during oogenesis.
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