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. 1980;66(1):11-8.
doi: 10.1007/BF00493241.

The determination of genome size in male and female germ cells of Drosophila melanogaster by DNA-Feulgen cytophotometry

P K Mulligan, E M Rasch

The determination of genome size in male and female germ cells of Drosophila melanogaster by DNA-Feulgen cytophotometry

P K Mulligan et al. Histochemistry. 1980.

Abstract

The amounts of DNA in haploid and diploid cells of Drosophila melanogaster have been determined by DNA-Feulgen cytophotometry, using Xenopus laevis erythrocyte nuclei as a reference standard. The haploid male genome is estimated to be 0.18 pg DNA and the haploid female genome, 0.20 pg DNA.

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