Article
[Do viruses participate in the origin of group outbursts of gene mutations occurring in natural Drosophila populations?].
TSitologiia i genetika - 1 Jan 2000
Gershenzon S M
Abstract excerpt
It has been experimentally shown that different viruses apathogenic for Drosophila and unable to reproduce in it, and also highly polymerized DNA isolated from these viruses, act as effective mutagens when injected into the hemolymph of this insect. They induce numerous lethal and visible stable...
Topics
- Animals
- Drosophila melanogaster
- Female
- Genes, Insect
- Genes, Lethal
- Genes, Recessive
- Genetics, Population
- Insect Viruses
- Male
- Mutagenesis
- Mutation
