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Autonomous Action of Lethal Mutations Induced in the Germ Cells of Drosophila Melanogaster By 2-Chloroethyl Methanesulphonate

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PURDOM, C. Autonomous Action of Lethal Mutations Induced in the Germ Cells of Drosophila Melanogaster By 2-Chloroethyl Methanesulphonate. Nature 180, 81–83 (1957). https://doi.org/10.1038/180081a0

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