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Original Article

Dose—response of a Radiation Induction of a Germline Mutation at a Hypervariable Mouse Minisatellite Locus

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Pages 177-183 | Received 23 Jan 1995, Accepted 05 Apr 1995, Published online: 03 Jul 2009

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