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SEVERAL independent investigations have shown that apholate1 and other chemosterilants inhibit the production of DNA in insect eggs2, and dominant lethal mutations have been demonstrated in insect eggs3,4 after treatment of the adult insects with chemosterilants.
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CHAMBERLAIN, W., BARRETT, C. Incorporation of Tritiated Thymidine into the Ovarian DNA of Stable Flies: Effects of Treatment with Apholate. Nature 218, 471–472 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1038/218471a0
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