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Dwarf Drosophila produced by Ethylene Diamine Tetra-acetic Acid: a Relationship to Chelation of Zinc

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MANY chemical and physical treatments have been used for producing non-heritable changes in development. When such changes resemble known mutants, they are called phenocopies. A variety of phenocopies has been induced by metals or metal-inhibiting compounds1.

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STEFFENSEN, D. Dwarf Drosophila produced by Ethylene Diamine Tetra-acetic Acid: a Relationship to Chelation of Zinc. Nature 180, 390–391 (1957). https://doi.org/10.1038/180390a0

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