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Evidence for intra-cistronic recombination in Anopheles gambiae

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Heterozygotes for the functionally allelic white and pink eye mutants in Anopheles gambiae yielded wild-type progeny at a rate of 3/25600. It is probable that this was due to intra-cistronic recombination.

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  1. P. J. Cooper

    Present address: Dept. of Biology, Queen Elizabeth College, University of London, Campden Hill road, W8 7AH, London, England

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  1. London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel St., WC1E 7HT, London, England

    P. J. Cooper, C. F. Curtis & B. Sawyer

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Cooper, P.J., Curtis, C.F. & Sawyer, B. Evidence for intra-cistronic recombination in Anopheles gambiae . Genetica 60, 161–162 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00122369

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