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A rapid, economical method is described that detects presumptive base-pair substitution and frameshift mutations in the yeast,Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
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Communicated by F. Kaudewitz
Research supported by the Atomic Energy Commission under contract number AT(11-1)-1314 with Illinois State University (Report number COO-1314-17).
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Pittman, D., Brusick, D. Detection of presumptive base-pair substitution and frameshift mutations inSaccharomyces cerevisiae . Molec. Gen. Genet. 111, 352–356 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00569787
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