Unaltered meiotic chromosome segregation in Drosophila melanogaster raised on a 5% quercetin diet

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 585-589

  Schramm, D D ^b   Collins, H E ^a   Hawley, R S ^a   German, J B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Drosophila melanogaster; Flavonoid; Meiosis; Quercetin; Recombination; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

FLAVONOID; QUERCETIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALS; DIET; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; GENES, INSECT; MALE; MEIOSIS; MUTAGENESIS; NONDISJUNCTION, GENETIC; QUERCETIN; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; REPRODUCTION; X CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HOMO SAPIENS; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0031855034     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-6915(98)00013-1     Document Type: Article

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