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Effect of Temperature on in vitro and in vivo Reactions of Diethyl Sulphate

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RECENT work1–3 has established that diethyl sulphate has characteristics which are of special interest to geneticists in many fields of research. These special characteristics include the induction of a high frequency of mutations accompanied by a high survival of the treated population and a low frequency of visible chromosome aberrations1. Similar properties have been found for ethyl methane sulphonate, a related alkylating compound4–6.

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    R. E. HEINER, C. F. KONZAK, R. A. NILAN & H. BARTELS

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HEINER, R., KONZAK, C., NILAN, R. et al. Effect of Temperature on in vitro and in vivo Reactions of Diethyl Sulphate. Nature 194, 788–789 (1962). https://doi.org/10.1038/194788a0

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