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The mechanism of the induction by radiation of chromosome aberrations inTradescantia

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    D. E. Lea

  2. The Botany School, Cambridge

    D. G. Catcheside

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Lea, D.E., Catcheside, D.G. The mechanism of the induction by radiation of chromosome aberrations inTradescantia . Journ. of Genetics 44, 216–245 (1942). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02982830

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Keywords

  • Sister Chromatid
  • Chromosome Aberration
  • Chromosome Break
  • Isochron
  • Brca