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The similarity or otherwise of the mutation spectra generated by different P strains in P-M hybrid dysgenesis is of considerable theoretical and practical importance. We report here that the mutations generated on the X-chromosome by different P strains, II2 and Loua 83, are indistinguishable both in quantity and in quality.
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Brookfield, J., Mitchell, S. P-M hybrid dysgenesis using geographically separate P strains of Drosophila melanogaster. Heredity 55, 163–165 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1038/hdy.1985.86
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/hdy.1985.86