Deleterious genomic mutation rate for viability in Drosophila melanogaster using concomitant sibling controls

Biology Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 492-495

  Gong, Yi ^a   Woodruff, R C ^a   Thompson Jr , J N ^b  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Concomitant sibling controls; Drosophila melanogaster; Mutation accumulation; Mutation rate

Indexed keywords

GENETICS; MUTATION; VIABILITY;

ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE MUTATION; GENOMICS; MUTATION RATE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

EID: 29144505243     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2005.0364     Document Type: Article

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