Age-specific properties of spontaneous mutations affecting mortality in Drosophila melanogaster.

doi:10.1093/genetics/148.1.287

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Age-specific properties of spontaneous mutations affecting mortality in Drosophila melanogaster.

Genetics - 1 Jan 1998

Pletcher S D, Houle D, Curtsinger J W

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An analysis of the effects of spontaneous mutations affecting age-specific mortality was conducted using 29 lines of Drosophila melanogaster that had accumulated spontaneous mutations for 19 generations. Divergence among the lines was used to estimate the mutational variance for weekly mortality...

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Age Factors
Animals
Drosophila melanogaster
Longevity
Mortality
Mutation
Sex Factors

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