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Twenty-one visible mutants and two lethal mutants are described inDrosophila subobscura. Three have been described before. Preliminary mention only is made of three others. They are believed to mark sixteen loci on the sex chromosome.
The homogeneity of the divergence from expectation in the 1∶1 segregation of nine fully penetrant mutants in different cultures has been investigated.
A linkage map containing fourteen loci and 150 units long is constructed. The homogeneity of the recombination between adjacent loci in different cultures is investigated.
Coincidence values have been discussed.
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Spurway, H. The genetics and cytology ofDrosophila subobscura . Journ. of Genetics 46, 268–286 (1945). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02989270
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