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New Observations with Acridine Orange and Primulin as Vital Fluorochromes: Induced Fluorescence in Mammalian Gametes with Acridine Orange

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BISHOP, M., SMILES, J. New Observations with Acridine Orange and Primulin as Vital Fluorochromes: Induced Fluorescence in Mammalian Gametes with Acridine Orange. Nature 179, 307–308 (1957). https://doi.org/10.1038/179307a0

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