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Further evidence for differential effects of mutagens inDrosophila Melanogaster

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A sample of X-ray sex-linked recessive lethals has been localized by the same marker chromosome, and under identical experimental conditions, as prevailed in the placing of the same mutations induced by the alkylating compounds, so as to insure homogeneity of localization. The distribution of this sample of X-ray lethals along the X-chromosome varied significantly from that for the chemically induced mutations.

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  1. Chester Beatty Research Institute, Institute of Cancer Research, Royal Cancer Hospital, London, S.W. 3

    O. G. Fahmy & Myrtle J. Fahmy

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Fahmy, O.G., Fahmy, M.J. Further evidence for differential effects of mutagens inDrosophila Melanogaster . J Genet 55, 280–287 (1957). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02981644

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