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Chandley, A., Bateman, A. Mutagenic sensitivity of sperm, spermatids, spermatocytes and spermatogonia in Drosophila melanogaster. Heredity 15, 363–375 (1960). https://doi.org/10.1038/hdy.1960.102
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