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Effect of dimethylsulfoxide on methylmethanesulfonate-induced chromosomal aberrations inCrepis capillaris cultivatedin vitro

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Biologia Plantarum

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Methylmethanesulfonate induced chromosomal aberrations in callus culture ofCrepis capillaris. The clastogenic effect was markedly decreased when calli were pretreated with dimethylsulfoxide.

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Abbreviations

MMS:

methylmethanesulfonate

DMSO:

dimethylsulfoxide

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  1. Department of Biology, Pedagogical Faculty, České mládeže 8, 40096, Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic

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Contribution presented to the 5th Czchoslovak Seminar “Plant Gene Engineering” organized by the Institute of Plant Molecular Biology in České Budějovice, 2–13 September 1991.

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Ipser, J. Effect of dimethylsulfoxide on methylmethanesulfonate-induced chromosomal aberrations inCrepis capillaris cultivatedin vitro . Biol Plant 35, 137–139 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02921138

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