Comparative studies of the induction of somatic eye-color mutations in an unstable strain of Drosophila melanogaster by MMS and X-rays at different developmental stages.

doi:10.1016/0027-5107(85)90208-8

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Comparative studies of the induction of somatic eye-color mutations in an unstable strain of Drosophila melanogaster by MMS and X-rays at different developmental stages.

Mutation research - 1 Jan 2000

Rasmuson A

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An unstable white locus in Drosophila melanogaster originally described by Rasmuson and Green (1974) and further by Rasmuson et al. (1978, 1980) contains an IS element. This constellation interacts with the zeste mutation and forms a mutationally unstable system that is sensitive to a variety of...

Topics

Age Factors
Animals
Drosophila melanogaster
Eye Color
Larva
Male
Methyl Methanesulfonate
Mutation
X-Rays

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