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Studies in the biology of metals

IV. the influence of lead on mitosis and cell size in the growing root

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The results of this investigation show decisively that, in the growing root, lead retards cell proliferation while allowing cell growth in size to proceed unrestricted.

To Miss Elizabeth S. Justice is due the credit for the preparations from which this study was made.

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    Frederick S. Hammett

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Hammett, F.S. Studies in the biology of metals. Protoplasma 5, 535–542 (1928). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01604618

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