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Changes in thymine concentration in the growth medium affect the chromosome replication time of thymineless cells. This alone may account for changes in cell composition and provide a demonstration of the absence of coupling between replication velocity and growth rate.
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PRITCHARD, R., ZARITSKY, A. Effect of Thymine Concentration on the Replication Velocity of DNA in a Thymineless Mutant of Escherichia coli. Nature 226, 126–131 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1038/226126a0
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