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THE present experiments were undertaken in order to see whether we could confirm the high visible mutation-rate relative to the lethal mutation-rate induced in Drosophila by phenylalanine mustard as compared with X-irradiation, reported by O. G. and M. J. Fahmy1. Since this high visible rate would imply (1) the existence of loci specifically concerned with visible mutations and as a group qualitatively different from non-visible loci and (2) a specific effect of the agent on such loci, it seemed important that this work be repeated.
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Fahmy, O. G., and Fahmy, M. J., J. Genet., 54, 146 (1956).
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ALTENBURG, L., ALTENBURG, E. Ratio of Visible to Lethal Mutations produced in Drosophila by Phenylalanine Mustard. Nature 183, 699–700 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1038/183699a0
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