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[Mutation chromosome bows (chb-v40), inducing the abnormal chromosome spindle in Drosophila melanogaster].
Genetika - 1 Nov 1997
Fedorova S A, Chubykin V L, Gucachenko A M, Omel'ianchuk L V
Abstract excerpt
Highly polyploid cells were detected in ganglia of Drosophila melanogaster larvae homozygous for the chbv40 mutation (78D) resulting from insertion of the P[lArB] construction. Frequency distribution of metaphases differing in chromosome number showed that the primary defect caused by the mutation involved formation of the unipolar chromosome spindle. This was confirmed directly by cytological analysis. Circular...
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