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Genetic toxicology

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Drosophila as a Model Organism for Ageing Studies

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The rate of ageing is evidently under genetic control to a considerable extent and many experimental results in recent years have given strong support for the notion that changes at the level of chromosomes and DNA are critical in ageing (e. g. Woodhead et al., 1985).

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Ramel, C. (1988). Genetic toxicology. In: Lints, F.A., Soliman, M.H. (eds) Drosophila as a Model Organism for Ageing Studies. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-2683-8_16

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