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abnormal chromatin (abc), a maternal-effect locus in Drosophila melanogaster.
Journal of cell science - 1 Feb 1991
Vessey K B, Ludwiczak R L, Briot A S, Underwood E M
Abstract excerpt
Mutations in the maternal-effect gene abnormal chromatin (abc) in Drosophila melanogaster result in a variety of defects involving nuclear replication/division. Three recessive alleles of this gene, which maps near 51F on chromosome 2, all result in female sterility. They cause slower embryonic development that is usually abnormal from the earliest nuclear divisions and arrested by the sixth one. Nuclei tend to...
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