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. 1976 Apr;82(4):565–575. doi: 10.1093/genetics/82.4.565

Gamma-Ray Mutagenesis in Bacteriophage T4

Mark A Conkling 1, John A Grunau 1, John W Drake 1
PMCID: PMC1213480  PMID: 1269910

Abstract

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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