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Comparative Study
. 1977 Feb;85(2):249-57.
doi: 10.1093/genetics/85.2.249.

Mutagen specificity in the induction of chromosomal aberrations in somatic cells of Drosophila melanogaster

S Pimpinelli, D Pignone, G Santini, M Gatti, G Olivieri
Comparative Study

Mutagen specificity in the induction of chromosomal aberrations in somatic cells of Drosophila melanogaster

S Pimpinelli et al. Genetics. 1977 Feb.

Abstract

The distribution of chromosomal aberrations between and within chromosomes of male D, melanogaster somatic cells after treatment with UV has been analyzed. -- Distribution of the breaks between chromosomes was largely nonrandom since we found a higher aberration frequency than that expected on the Y chromosome. Moreover, within the chromosomes the aberrations are clustered in the pericentromeric heterochromatic regions. The above distribution is compared with that of the breaks induced by X rays and methyl-methane-sulphonate (MMS) which were distributed in a different pattern.

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