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Difference in the proportion of DNA specific to ribosomal RNA between adults and larvae of Drosophila melanogaster

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Sequences in overall DNA which hybridize with ribosomal RNA are more abundant in adults than in third-instar larvae of D. melanogaster.

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  1. Division of Animal Genetics, C.S.I.R.O., Sydney, N.S.W., Australia

    Atuhiro Sibatani

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Communicated by C. Auerbach

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Sibatani, A. Difference in the proportion of DNA specific to ribosomal RNA between adults and larvae of Drosophila melanogaster . Molec. Gen. Genetics 114, 177–180 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00332789

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