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Science 31 July 1970:
Vol. 169. no. 3944, pp. 491 - 492
DOI: 10.1126/science.169.3944.491
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Chromosomal Aberrations Induced in Barley by LSD

M. P. Singh 1, C. S. Kalia 1, and H. K. Jain 1

1 Division of Genetics, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi-12

Seeds of hulled barley (Hordeum vulgare) were germinated and then treated with LSD. Preparations of squashed root tips stained with Feulgen revealed extensive chromosomal aberrations, most of which were chromosome breaks. Nearly half of the breaks occurred in the region of the primary constriction.


THIS ARTICLE HAS BEEN CITED BY OTHER ARTICLES:
LSD and Genetic Damage.
N. I. Dishotsky, W. D. Loughman, R. E. Mogar, and W. R. Lipscomb (1971)
Science 172, 431-440
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