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CONTINUATION of investigations on the effects of vital fluorochroming of bull spermatozoa with acridine-orange1 has now confirmed the view that the observed adverse effects may be attributed to photodynamic action exerted by the fluorochrome.
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VAN DUIJN, C. Effects of Light and Optical Sensitization by Acridine-Orange on Living Bull Spermatozoa. Nature 189, 76–78 (1961). https://doi.org/10.1038/189076b0
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