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. 1971 Jul;68(7):1580–1584. doi: 10.1073/pnas.68.7.1580

The First Steps of Magnification of DNA Complementary to Ribosomal RNA in Drosophila melanogaster

F Ritossa 1, C Malva 1, E Boncinelli 1, F Graziani 1, L Polito 1
PMCID: PMC389245  PMID: 5283949

Abstract

Those Drosophila bobbed males whose progeny exhibit the phenomenon of “rDNA magnification” are shown to have higher rates of rRNA synthesis than normal males. Further evidence that the magnification process is characterized by a stepwise accumulation of rDNA was obtained. A working hypothesis to explain the magnification process is advanced.

Keywords: RNA synthesis, RNA·DNA hybridization, mutants, MAK columns

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