Zamenhof, Stephen, Demerec, Milislav (July 1943) Studies on induction of mutations by chemicals. I. Experiments with heavy water (deuterium oxide). The American Naturalist, 77 (771). pp. 380-384.
DOI: 10.1086/281139
Abstract
Heavy water (deuterium oxide) was introduced into Drosophila eggs and larvae by feeding and by injections. Owing to the high permeability of the cell membranes, similar to the permeability for pure water, it is very likely that deuterium was utilized in building the gene molecules.
| Item Type: | Paper |
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| Subjects: | organism description > animal > insect > Drosophila Investigative techniques and equipment bioinformatics > genomics and proteomics > genetics & nucleic acid processing > DNA, RNA structure, function, modification > mutations |
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| Communities: | The Carnegie Institution Department of Genetics |
| Depositing User: | Elizabeth Pessala |
| Date: | July 1943 |
| Date Deposited: | 19 Mar 2018 18:45 |
| Last Modified: | 19 Mar 2018 18:45 |
| URI: | https://repository.cshl.edu/id/eprint/36324 |
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