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Spontaneous recombination in males of Drosophila simulans is reported for the first time. Both second-chromosome and third-chromosome male recombination was observed in lines that had been captured from natural populations.
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Woodruff, R., Bortolozzi, J. Spontaneous recombination in males of Drosophila simulans. Heredity 37, 295–298 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1038/hdy.1976.90
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