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Isoxanthopterine has recently been found in tissues of various anthropods1,2. It seems to be a common and regular constituent of normal genotypes of many species. We also found this substance in the following mutants of Drosophila melanogaster : b, bw, ca, car, cd, cl, cn, e, g2 kar2, ltd, lt, lzcl, ma, mah, p, pn2, pr, rs2, se, sed, st, v, w, wa, y. In certain genotypes such as w and bw, however, the isoxanthopterine disappears from the body2 during the first days of imaginal life.
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HADORN, E., SCHWINCK, I. A Mutant of Drosophila without Isoxanthopterine which is Non-Autonomous for the Red Eye Pigments. Nature 177, 940–941 (1956). https://doi.org/10.1038/177940a0
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