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Gene Conversion in Drosophila: Non-Reciprocal Events at the Maroon-like Cistron

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A large scale half tetrad analysis in Drosophila melanogaster questions the reciprocality of intragenic recombination and demonstrates that all intragenic exchange events at the ma-l cistron occur by a conversion mechanism.

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  1. Genetics and Cell Biology Section, Biological Sciences Group, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, 06268

    P. DENNIS SMITH, VICTORIA G. FINNERTY & ARTHUR CHOVNICK

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DENNIS SMITH, P., FINNERTY, V. & CHOVNICK, A. Gene Conversion in Drosophila: Non-Reciprocal Events at the Maroon-like Cistron. Nature 228, 442–444 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1038/228442a0

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