The effect of cryopreservation on the lethal mutation rate in Drosophila melanogaster.

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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 developed. Cryopreservation of D. melanogaster is of special interest to geneticists and evolutionary biologists because it...

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