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Cytology and Cytogenetics

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Two tissues from the last larval instar (L3) are suited for cytological analysis: (1) The neural or cerebral ganglion (= supraesophageal ganglion) for mitotic chromosomes and (2) the salivary glands for giant chromosomes.

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  1. Institute of Toxikology, ETH and University of Zurich, Schorenstreet 16, CH-8603, Schwerzenbach, Switzerland

    Dr. sc. nat. Ulrich Graf & Prof. Dr. sc. nat. Friedrich E. Würgler

  2. Department of Genetics, University of the Witwatersrand, 1 Jan Smuts Ave., P.O. Wits, 2050, Johannesburg, South Africa

    Prof. Ph. D. Nancy van Schaik

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  1. Dr. sc. nat. Ulrich Graf
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Graf, U., van Schaik, N., Würgler, F.E. (1992). Cytology and Cytogenetics. In: Drosophila Genetics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-76805-7_7

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