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THE ability of a variety of alkylating chemicals to produce infertility in male animals has long been established1 and investigations have shown that many such compounds are capable of alkylating genetic materials2. Their mutagenic effects in insects3 and the induction of dominant lethal mutations in experimental rodents4,5 are presumably the result of such interactions.
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JONES, A., DAVIES, P., EDWARDS, K. et al. Antifertility Effects and Metabolism of α and epi-Chlorhydrins in the Rat. Nature 224, 83 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1038/224083a0
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