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IT is known that the incidence of lymphoid leukæmia in mice is influenced by X-irradiation of the adult1. In strains where the spontaneous incidence of the disease is low, it is increased ; but it may be decreased when the incidence is already high2. In the high-leukæmia strain AkR mouse, it has been shown that, after doses of X-rays of between 50 and 500 r. to the new-born animal, there is a reduction of the usually high incidence of leukæmia, slightly among females but more markedly among males even at the lowest doses3.
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PORTEOUS, D. Leukæmia in the AkR Mouse after X-Irradiation in utero. Nature 191, 291–292 (1961). https://doi.org/10.1038/191291a0
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