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Action of Radiation on Synthesis of Deoxyribonucleic Acid in Normal and Tumour Strain Cells

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SEED, J. Action of Radiation on Synthesis of Deoxyribonucleic Acid in Normal and Tumour Strain Cells. Nature 192, 944–945 (1961). https://doi.org/10.1038/192944a0

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