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Gonad Temperature and Spontaneous Mutation-rate in Man

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SINCE the spontaneous mutation-rate is known to vary with temperature, the present investigation was conducted in order to clarify the degree to which the temperature of human genetic material might vary under different environmental conditions.

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  1. Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Stockholm,

    LARS EHEENBERG & GÜNTER VON EHRENSTEIN

  2. Institute of Radiophysics, Karolinska sjukhuset, Stockholm

    ARNE HEDGRAN

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EHEENBERG, L., VON EHRENSTEIN, G. & HEDGRAN, A. Gonad Temperature and Spontaneous Mutation-rate in Man. Nature 180, 1433–1434 (1957). https://doi.org/10.1038/1801433a0

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