Chromosomes in a Fruit Fly Egg (IMAGE)

Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciencia

Chromosomes in a Fruit Fly Egg

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Maternal (?) and paternal (?) chromosomes in a recently fertilized fruit fly egg. DNA is in blue; the paternal chromosomes are also labelled in green.

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Paulo Navarro Costa

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