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THE method of isotopic indicators has been used by L. Hahn and G. Hevesy to determine the rate of turnover of nucleic acid extracted from various organs of rabbits. The rate of exchange is extremely low in the liver; it is higher in the thymus and in the muscles.
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Points from Foregoing Letters. Nature 145, 554 (1940). https://doi.org/10.1038/145554b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/145554b0