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IT is known that the LD50 of X- and γ-irradiation for mammals ranges between 300 and 800 r. (refs. 1 and 2). While maintaining a colony of mongolian gerbils (Meriones unguiculatus) in this laboratory, their high resistance to radiocobalt irradiation was observed in a preliminary investigation and the results are reported here.
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CHANG, M., HUNT, D. & TURBYFILL, C. High Resistance of Mongolian Gerbils to Irradiation. Nature 203, 536–537 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1038/203536a0
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