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IN plants the effect of physical and chemical mutagens has been found to depend on the frequency of spontaneous mutation1,2, but no such information is available from animal material. I have therefore investigated the relationship between spontaneous and X-ray-induced somatic mutation in the flour beetle Tribolium castaneum. This relationship was found to be positive and significant when the genotype was manipulated by artificial selection for speed of development.
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SOLIMAN, M. Dependence of induced mutation on spontaneous mutation in Tribolium castaneum. Nature 264, 169–170 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1038/264169a0
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