Some new data concerning the mutagenic action of DNA

• Published in: Биополимеры и клетка
• Date: 1994
• Main Authors: Gershenson, S.M., Alexandrov, Yu.N.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Інститут молекулярної біології і генетики НАН України 1994
• Online Access: https://nasplib.isofts.kiev.ua/handle/123456789/154708
• Journal Title: Digital Library of Periodicals of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
• Cite this: Some new data concerning the mutagenic action of DNA / S.M. Gershenson, Yu.N. Alexandrov // Биополимеры и клетка. — 1994. — Т. 10, № 1. — С. 5-10. — Бібліогр.: 18 назв. — англ.

It is shown that spermatozoa of Drosophila melanogaster can transfer molecules of exogenous DNA (or their fragments) from a solution of this DNA injected into the haemocel of an adult male into the ooplasm of the egg. As a result, mutations induced in the descendants arise both in the paternal and t...