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Dominant lethal mutations induced in male mice by methyl methanesulphonate
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Dominant lethal mutations induced in male mice by methyl methanesulphonate

  • M Partington1 &
  • A J Bateman1 

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Partington, M., Bateman, A. Dominant lethal mutations induced in male mice by methyl methanesulphonate. Heredity 19, 191–200 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1038/hdy.1964.24

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