The relationship between mutant frequency and time in vivo: Simple predictions for any tissue, cell type, or mutagen

Mutation Research - Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis

Volumn 425, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 179-183

  Sun, Beichen ^a   Heddle, John A ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Mutant frequency; Mutation; Time in vivo

Indexed keywords

ETHYLNITROSOUREA; MUTAGENIC AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; BONE MARROW; BREAST EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; IN VIVO STUDY; LIVER; MALE; MOUSE; MUTANT; MUTATION; MUTATION RATE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SMALL INTESTINE; SPERM; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

EID: 0032933151     PISSN: 00275107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0027-5107(99)00040-8     Document Type: Article

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