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Certain mutants are more sensitive to γ-irradiation in the absence of oxygen than in its presence. This unusual effect is controlled by one gene.
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DAVIES, D. Absence of an Oxygen Effect and the Genetically Determined Repair Processes. Nature 215, 829–832 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/215829a0
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