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THE importance of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) in the control of cellular propagation is now well established. The amount in each somatic cell is constant for a particular species, deviations occurring with multinucleate cells or with polyploidy. With certain exceptions the DNA content of a tissue sample is directly related to the number of cells in that sample. This constancy has led to the widespread use of DNA as a standard of reference in biochemical investigations.
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SLATER, T. Interference in the Diphenylamine Procedure for estimating Deoxyribonucleic Acid. Nature 189, 834–835 (1961). https://doi.org/10.1038/189834a0
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