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Characterization of a hypermutable strain of Drosophila simulans.
Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS - 1 Nov 1998
Loreto E L, Zaha A, Nichols C, Pollock J A, Valente V L
Abstract excerpt
A hypermutable strain of Drosophila simulans that originated from a single spontaneous mutant male was characterized. Seven different mutations were isolated from roughly 100 generations of offspring. The genetic analysis of the viable mutants showed two mutations on the X chromosome, one in the lozenge locus and the other in the ruby gene. The autosomic mutations characterized were a dpp-heldout-like, a...
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