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High frequency of chromosome aberrations induced by DEB with caffeine posttreatment in Vicia faba var. minor

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In root tips treated with DEB and caffeine as a posttreatment aberration yield was almost four times higher than after DEB alone. Caffeine applied in simultaneous treatment with DEB was less effective.

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  1. Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warszawa, Poland

    Z. Swietlińska

  2. Department of General Genetics, Institute of Biochemistry and Biophys, Rakowiecka 36, Warsaw, Poland

    Z. Swietlińska

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Swietlińska, Z. High frequency of chromosome aberrations induced by DEB with caffeine posttreatment in Vicia faba var. minor. Molec. Gen. Genet. 112, 87–90 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00266936

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