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Microspectrophotometric comparison of the genome sizes of Drosophila hydei and some related species

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The relative genome sizes and the proportions of X- and Y-chromosomal DNA in Drosophila hydei, D. neohydei and D. eohydei were measured by microspectrophotometry. Some implications of the results with respect to genome evolution in these species are discussed.

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  1. Zoologisches Institut der Universität, D-2300, Kiel, Germany

    H. Zacharias

  2. Department of Genetics, Catholic University, Toernooiveld, 6525 ED, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

    W. Hennig

  3. Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

    O. Leoncipi

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Zacharias, H., Hennig, W. & Leoncipi, O. Microspectrophotometric comparison of the genome sizes of Drosophila hydei and some related species. Genetica 58, 153–157 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00056783

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