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IN pharmacology the possible genetical effects of drugs have so far been neglected. One reason for this is that the test organisms used by pharmacologists are not convenient for genetical tests. A similar problem was faced by geneticists and developmental physiologists up to the 1930's. Through tests with Drosophila, Neurospora genetics was developed and later the whole branch of biochemical genetics.
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LÜNING, K. Drosophila-tests in Pharmacology. Nature 209, 84–86 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1038/209084a0
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