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Transgenerational inheritance of wing development defects in Drosophila melanogaster induced by cadmium.
Ecotoxicology and environmental safety - 15 Jan 2023
Sun Liran, Mu Yun, Xu Lu, Han Xiaobing, Gu Wei, Zhang Min
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The transgenerational inheritance of phenotype induced by environmental factors is a new focus in epigenetic research. In this study, Drosophila melanogaster (F0) was cultured in the medium containing cadmium (Cd, 4.5 mg/kg) from eggs to adults, and offspring (F1-F4) were continuously kept in standard medium (without cadmium). The phenotype analysis showed that cadmium induced developmental defects on wings and...
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