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Ethyl methanesulfonate induces mutations in Caenorhabditis elegans embryos at a high frequency.
Mutation research - 1 Jan 2000
Hartman Phil S, Barry James, Finstad Whitney, Khan Numan, Tanaka Masayuki, Yasuda Kayo, Ishii Naoaki
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Mutagenesis protocols typically call for exposure of late-stage larvae or adults to a mutagen with the intention of inducing mutations in a robust germ line. Instead, ca. 16,000 CB665 [unc-58(e665)] one- to four-cell embryos of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans were hand selected and exposed to...
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