Germ-line effects of a mutator, mu2, in Drosophila melanogaster.

doi:10.1093/genetics/146.4.1381

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Germ-line effects of a mutator, mu2, in Drosophila melanogaster.

Genetics - 1 Aug 1997

Mason J M, Champion L E, Hook G

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A mutator, mu2a, in Drosophila melanogaster potentiates terminal deficiencies. In the female germ line the gamma mutant frequency induced by irradiation of mature oocytes with 5 Gy increases approximately twofold in heterozygotes and 20-fold in homozygotes compared with wild type. The recovery of...

Topics

Animals
DNA Repair
Drosophila melanogaster
Female
Genes, Insect
Heterochromatin
In Situ Hybridization
Male
Mutation
Oocytes
Spermatozoa
X Chromosome

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