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Genetic Basis of Two Melanin Inhibitors in Drosophila melanogaster

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MUTANTS such as ebony (e) and black (b) in Drosophila increase the melanin content of the integument of the adult fly. The ability of inbred and mass-bred larvæ of the genotypes ee″, e″ +, and + + to survive under various concentrations of the two melanin inhibitors phenyl-thio-carbamide and silver nitrate mixed in the food will be discussed briefly here, but complete details with additional information will bo presented elsewhere.

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KROMAN, R., PARSONS, P. Genetic Basis of Two Melanin Inhibitors in Drosophila melanogaster . Nature 186, 411–412 (1960). https://doi.org/10.1038/186411b0

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