Genetics · 1976 · 32 citations · 18 references
Life SciencesGeneticsMicrobiologyBacteriologyDna RepairRadiobiologyBacteriophage GeneticsError-prone MutagenesisMutation ProcessesPhage GeneticsDeletionsPhage MutagenesisPhage MutationPoint Mutation AnalysisPoint Mutation InductionPoint MutationsRadiation-induced Mutation
137Cs-gamma irradiation of bacteriophage T4 induces large deletions plus a variety of types of point mutations. All mutations arise with single-hit kinetics, and all by a misrepair process. The estimated point mutation rate is 1.5 X 10(-9) per locus per rad.
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The elementary units of heredity.
Seymour Benzer · 1956 · 187 citations
Life Sciences, Biology, Genetics +10
Uniformity of Radiation-induced Mutation Rates among Different Species
Seymour Abrahamson, M. A. Bender, Alan D. Conger et al. · Nature · 1973 · 151 citations