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This is the first report of induction of haploidization inAspergillus nidulans by chloral hydrate, which is an efficient polyploidizing agent for higher plants and a psychotropic drug for man. A new procedure has been described to isolate haploids from diploids with a very high frequency, as compared top-fluorophenylalanine, which is generally used for this purpose.
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Singh, M., Sinha, U. Chloral hydrate induced haploidization inAspergillus nidulans . Experientia 32, 1144–1145 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01927592
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