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IT is well known that the self-reproducing genetic factors (ρ), required for the development of mitochondria, are present in the cytoplasm of yeast cell. When the cells are allowed to grow in a medium containing acriflavine or related dyes, large numbers of mutant cells with deficient respiration are produced, which tend to dominate the entire cell population after several generations1.
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SUGIMURA, T., OKABE, K. & IMAMURA, A. Number of Cytoplasmic Factors in Yeast Cells. Nature 212, 304 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1038/212304a0
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