Somatic mutation frequencies in Tradescantia stamen hairs treated with relatively low thermal neutron fluxes

Radiation Research

Volumn 147, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 109-114

  Ichikawa, Sadao ^a  

^a SAITAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; NEUTRON RADIATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SOMATIC MUTATION;

DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; GAMMA RAYS; MUTATION; NEUTRONS; PLANTS;

EID: 0031032617     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3579449     Document Type: Article

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