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Mcaulay, A., Ford, J. & Dobie, D. Production of lethal mutations in the fungus Chætomium globosum by monochromatic ultra-violet irradiation. Heredity 3, 109–120 (1949). https://doi.org/10.1038/hdy.1949.6
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