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Evaluation of Macaca mulatta as a model for genotoxicity studies.
Mutation research - 19 Feb 2009
Dobrovolsky Vasily N, Shaddock Joseph G, Mittelstaedt Roberta A, Manjanatha Mugimane G, Miura Daishiro, Uchikawa Makoto, Mattison Donald R, Morris Suzanne M
Abstract excerpt
We have investigated the use of peripheral blood from the nonhuman primate (NHP) rhesus monkey (Macaca mulatta) as a model system for mutation detection. The rhesus monkey is metabolically closer to humans than most common laboratory animals, and therefore may be a relevant model for hazard identification and human risk assessment. To validate the model, conditions were determined for in vitro selection and...
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