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EFFORTS to establish haploid animal cell lines have produced encouraging results only for the frog1,2 and cockroach3, the genetics of which are poorly understood. Attempts to use mouse teratocarcinoma, which would be more suitable in this respect, have failed4, perhaps because of the presence of recessive lethal genes4,5. I describe here a haploid cell line established from a mutant of Drosophila melanogaster. Because of its simple karyotype (n = 4), this line will provide valuable experimental material for somatic cell geneticists.
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DEBEC, A. Haploid cell cultures of Drosophila melanogaster. Nature 274, 255–256 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1038/274255a0
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