Nature 193, 299 - 300 (20 January 1962); doi:10.1038/193299b0

Timing of Spermatogenesis in Drosophila melanogaster using Tritiated Thymidine

ANN C. CHANDLEY & A. J. BATEMAN

Cytogenetics Laboratory, Christie Hospital and Holt Radium Institute, Manchester.

IN view of the large number of mutation experiments which have been carried out on the immature male germ cells of Drosophila melanogaster, it was felt that there was a need to time the spermatogenic cycle directly, using tritiated thymidine to label the germ cells.