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SOME tests have been made with cancerogenic substances on Drosophila in respect to mutation frequency1,2. The results showed that the mutation-rate does not increase under treatment with cancerogenic chemicals.
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FÁBIÁN, G., MATOLTSY, G. Test of a Cancerogenic Substance in Respect to the ‘Non-disjunction’ Frequency of the X-Chromosomes in Drosophila. Nature 158, 911–912 (1946). https://doi.org/10.1038/158911a0
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