Article
The effect of cryopreservation on the lethal mutation rate in Drosophila melanogaster.
Genetical research - 1 Jun 1997
Houle D, Kondrashov A S, Yampolsky L Y, Caldwell S, Steponkus P L
Abstract excerpt
Although cryopreservation is routinely used for the storage of a range of biological organisms, few studies have been conducted to determine whether cryopreservation increases the frequency of mutation. A procedure for the cryopreservation of Drosophila melanogaster embryos has recently been deve...
Topics
- Animals
- Cryopreservation
- Drosophila melanogaster
- Embryo, Nonmammalian
- Female
- Genes, Lethal
- Heterozygote
- Larva
- Male
- Mutation
- Survival Rate
- X Chromosome