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A direct screen identifies new flight muscle mutants on the Drosophila second chromosome.
Genetics - 1 Sept 1999
Nongthomba U, Ramachandra N B
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An ethyl methanesulfonate mutagenesis of Drosophila melanogaster was undertaken, and >3000 mutagenized second chromosomes were generated. More than 800 homozygous viable lines were established, and adults were screened directly under polarized light for muscle defects. A total of 16 mutant strains in which the indirect flight muscles were reduced in volume or disorganized or were otherwise abnormal were...
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