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Chemical selection forβ-galactosidase activity inDrosophila melanogaster

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  1. Joseph Fargnoli

    Present address: Gerontology Research Center, National Institute on Aging, 4940 Eastern Avenue, 21224, Baltimore, Maryland

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  1. Waksman Institute of Microbiology, Rutgers—The State University of New Jersey, P.O. Box 759, 08854, Piscataway, New Jersey

    Joseph Fargnoli, Jean Hyde & William Sofer

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This research was supported by Grans GM28791 and ES02920 from the NIH and a grant from the Charles and Johanna Busch Memorial Fund.

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Fargnoli, J., Hyde, J. & Sofer, W. Chemical selection forβ-galactosidase activity inDrosophila melanogaster . Biochem Genet 25, 327–333 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00554542

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