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[Chromosome nondisjunction in Drosophila strains mutant for tumor suppressor Merlin].
Genetika - 1 Mar 2008
Iudina O S, Gusachenko A M, Akhmamet'eva E M, Omel'ianchuk L V
Abstract excerpt
The effect of mutation for gene Merlin on chromosome disjunction in Drosophila during meiosis was genetically studied. Chromosome nondisjunction was not registered in females heterozygous for this mutation and containing structurally normal X chromosomes. In cases when these females additionally contained inversion in one of chromosomes X, a tendency toward the appearance of nondisjunction events was observed in...
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