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DNA feeding and directed mutagenesis in Drosophila melanogaster

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 April 2009

V. L. Chopra
V. L. Chopra
Affiliation:
Mutagenesis Research Unit, Institute of Animal Genetics, Edinburgh
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The mutagenic effects of feeding calf-thymus DNA to larvae of Drosophila melanogaster have been studied on second chromosome recessive lethals, sex-linked dominant and recessive visibles and dominant autosomal visible mutations. While a positional specificity of DNA-induced lethals has been confirmed, no evidence has been obtained for a preponderance of visible mutations or for a specificity of phenotype among the visibles.

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Short Papers
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Genetics Research , Volume 15 , Issue 3 , June 1970 , pp. 345 - 346
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1970

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