Restoration of mutationally suppressed characters in Drosophila melanogaster.

doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.jhered.a109940

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Restoration of mutationally suppressed characters in Drosophila melanogaster.

The Journal of heredity - 1 Jan 2000

Coyne J A, Prout T

Abstract excerpt

We examined three strains of Drosophila melanogaster made wingless for periods of up to 40 years by homozygosity for the recessive mutant, vestigial. The intent was to quantify the degeneration of genes for wing structure and function that were not expressed during these periods. No increase in a...

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Animals
Biological Evolution
Drosophila melanogaster
Female
Male
Mutation
Suppression, Genetic

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