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THE highly radiosensitive thymic lymphocyte (or thymocyte) suffers true physiological death shortly after irradiation with relatively low doses of X-rays. The most striking symptom of radiation damage is the loss of nuclear structure (pycnosis); the prominent chromatin granules and threads of the interphase nucleus disperse and form a structurally homogeneous basophilic mass1.
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WHITFIELD, J., YOUDALE, T. Roles of Phosphate and Respiration in Nuclear Damage in Irradiated Rat Thymocytes. Nature 211, 212–213 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1038/211212b0
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