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Unstable genetic system inDrosophila melanogaster: I. Instability at theCinnabar locus

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A mutant strain containing acinnabar allele (cnrbr,rojo brillante) is reported, that produces wild-type revertants at thecinnabar (cn) locus. Incnrbr/cn heterozygotes the rate of mutation is highly increased. The presence of a mutator agent acting premeiotically is indicated.

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  1. Departmento de Genética, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain

    E. Valadé del Rio

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D.L. Lindsley and E.H. Grell, Genetic variations ofDrosophila melanogaster. Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington, 1968; Publication No. 627.

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Valadé del Rio, E. Unstable genetic system inDrosophila melanogaster: I. Instability at theCinnabar locus. Experientia 38, 790–792 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01972273

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