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Effects of Cyanide on the Roots of Vicia faba

Nature volume 177, pages 338–339 (1956)Cite this article

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MOTTRAM1 claimed that cyanide ions had a considerable effect on the radiosensitivity of Vicia faba as measured by growth-rate reactions. Read2 was unable to confirm this, and Thoday found (unpublished results) no effect upon chromosome breakage (which is often correlated with growth reactions3).

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  1. Department of Botany, University of Liverpool,

    LORNA J. LILLY

  2. Department of Genetics, University of Sheffield,

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LILLY, L., THODAY, J. Effects of Cyanide on the Roots of Vicia faba . Nature 177, 338–339 (1956). https://doi.org/10.1038/177338a0

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