Article
Strontium toxicity in Drosophila melanogaster.
Toxicology - 1 Jan 1991
England M W, Faust J B, Wilkerson E K, Jacobson K B
Abstract excerpt
The Drosophila strains v;bw and Austin represent the extremes in resistance and sensitivity, respectively, to the toxic effects of CdCl2 in the diet. Using the six genotypes containing the possible combinations of the three main chromosomes for v;bw and Austin, we had shown previously that the gene(s) for cadmium resistance is on the X-chromosome. In this paper it is shown, using the same six genotypes, that the...
Topics
- Animals
- Culture Media
- Drosophila melanogaster
- Drug Resistance
- Genotype
- Strontium
