Autosomal recessive lethal mutations in two mutator stocks of Drosophila ananassae.

doi:10.1266/jjg.66.701

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Autosomal recessive lethal mutations in two mutator stocks of Drosophila ananassae.

Idengaku zasshi - 1 Dec 1991

Matsuda M

Abstract excerpt

The frequency of recessive lethals in the 2nd chromosome was examined in two mutator stocks of Drosophila ananassae, ca and ca; px. They are characterized respectively by possessing an extrachromosomal clastogenic mutator in males, and by the retrotransposon "tom", which induces Om mutability onl...

Topics

Animals
Crosses, Genetic
Drosophila
Female
Genes, Lethal
Genes, Recessive
Male
Mutation

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