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Lack of mutagenic activity of crude and refined oils in the unicellular algaChlamydomonas reinhardtii

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  1. Marine Ecology Laboratory, Bedford Institute of Oceanography, B2Y 4A2, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada

    J. H. Vandermeulen

  2. Department of Biology, Dalhousie University, B3H 4J1, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

    R. W. Lee

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Vandermeulen, J.H., Lee, R.W. Lack of mutagenic activity of crude and refined oils in the unicellular algaChlamydomonas reinhardtii . Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 36, 250–253 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01623503

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