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Variations in the breakability of chromosomes in mature spermatozoa of Drosophila melanogaster at different modes of irradiation
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Variations in the breakability of chromosomes in mature spermatozoa of Drosophila melanogaster at different modes of irradiation

  • K G Lüning1 

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Lüning, K. Variations in the breakability of chromosomes in mature spermatozoa of Drosophila melanogaster at different modes of irradiation. Heredity 8, 211–223 (1954). https://doi.org/10.1038/hdy.1954.19

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