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Use of flow cytometry to screen for the effects of environmental mutagens: Baseline DNA values in cottonmouth snakes

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  1. Robert M. Lee III

    Present address: Dept. Life Sciences, Indiana State University, 47809, Terre Haute, Indiana

  2. Robert W. Chandler

    Present address: Puckett Laboratory, 4200Mamie Street, 39402, Hattiesburg, Mississippi

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  1. Ecological Research Center, Dept. Biology, Memphis State University, 38152, Memphis, Tennessee

    Terrence R. Tiersch, Chester R. Figiel Jr. & Robert M. Lee III

  2. Dept. Obstetrics & Gynecology, Division of Reproductive Genetics, University of Tennessee, 38163, Memphis, Tennessee

    Robert W. Chandler

  3. Ames Plantation, University of Tennessee Agricultural Experiment Station, 38039, Grand Junction, Tennessee, USA

    Allan E. Houston

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Tiersch, T.R., Figiel, C.R., Lee, R.M. et al. Use of flow cytometry to screen for the effects of environmental mutagens: Baseline DNA values in cottonmouth snakes. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 45, 833–839 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01701080

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