Spontaneous Mutation Rate in Drosophila

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Jan 1947 English Publisher:University of Chicago PressJournal:The American Naturalist, volume 81, pages 77-80 (issn: 0003-0147, eissn: 1537-5323,

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Authors: B P, KAUFMANN;

doi: 10.1086/281504

pmid: 20286617

Spontaneous Mutation Rate in Drosophila

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Abstract

The frequency of spontaneously occurring lethal mutations in the X-chromosome of the Sw-b stock of D. melanogaster was found to be higher among spermatozoa of previously unmated males 16 to 17 days, and 32 to 33 days after emergence than among 1- to 2-day old males (Table 1).

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Heredity, Mutation Rate, Animals, Drosophila, Genetic Phenomena

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