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Causes of chromosome breakage

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OSTI ID:56694
Chapter 10, discusses causes of chromosome breakage, including spontaneous breaks, radiation-induced breaks, chemically induced breaks, virus-induced breaks, and enzyme-induced breaks. Also discussed are genetic causes and nonrandomness of chromosome breaks, and methods in chromosome-breakage studies. 44 refs., 1 fig.
OSTI ID:
56694
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English