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Science 18 November 1966:
Vol. 154. no. 3751, pp. 915 - 917
DOI: 10.1126/science.154.3751.915
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Comparative Mutagenicity of Two Chemosterilants, Tepa and Hempa, in Sperm of Bracon hebetor

Jeanette Palmquist 1 and Leo E. Lachance 1

1 Metabolism and Radiation Research Laboratory, Entomology Research Division, U.S.Department of Agriculture, Fargo, North Dakota

In an assessment of the mutagenic efficiency of the alkylating agent, tepa, and its nonalkylating analog, hempa, both chemicals induced a high frequency of recessive lethal mutations in the sperm of the parasitic wasp, Bracon hebetor Say (Habrobracon), although tepa was the more efficient mutagen.

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