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SENSITIVITY to carbon dioxide in Drosophila melanogaster is believed to depend on the presence in the cytoplasm of an agent which has been called a 'genoid'. As established by L'Héritier and Teissier1, males of the standard sensitive stock transmit genoids, therefore sensitivity, to a variable but important fraction of their progeny. Sensitive females transmit it to all their offspring.
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GOLDSTEIN, L. A Mutant Genoid in Drosophila Sensitive to Carbon Dioxide. Nature 164, 369 (1949). https://doi.org/10.1038/164369a0
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