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Genetic damage by bifunctional agents in repair-active pre-meiotic stages of Drosophila males.
Mutation research - 1 Jul 2001
Wijen J P, Nivard M J, Vogel E W
Abstract excerpt
Most of our understanding of germline mutagenesis in Drosophila is based on the DNA repair-inactive, haploid post-meiotic stages. The diploid, repair-active pre-meiotic stages are more relevant to the situation encountered in somatic cells. DNA mono-adducts induced by agents like methyl methanesulphonate (MMS) and ethylene oxide (EO) are well repaired in the pre-meiotic cell stages, and these agents show...
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