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Table of contents (25 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Cellular Responses to Mutagenic Agents
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Mutators, Antimutators, and DNA Replication Errors
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Transposable Elements and Spontaneous Mutation
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Chromosomal and Nonchromosomal DNA
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About this book
It has been nearly 35 years since the peacetime Biology Division of Oak Ridge National Laboratory was started, born of rather inauspicious conditions. Virtually no facilities were available and most of the wartime scientists had left. So, when we started out, it was obvious to me that something had to be done to reestab lish research. Even more, because Oak Ridge was not known at that time for its biological work but rather for the separation of Uranium 235, nuclear reactor development, and radioisotope produc tion, a new tradition had to be promoted. Although good biological work had been done at Oak Ridge during the war to protect the workers and the results of this work were quite excellent, very few installations remained. When we started the work of the Biology Division, it became essential to make it part of the flow of mod~rn biology allover the world. As Director, I had to do more than just attract promising scientists. We created an atmosphere conducive to creative research and nurtured all of the other aspects of a productive laboratory. Of course, we carefully prepared the results of our work in publish able form. We made a sincere effort to invite seminar speakers and lecturers to come to Oak Ridge despite the sacrifices this presented to our early budget. We also had to do something more, and here I "cashed in" on my experience of the previous 15 years.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis
Editors: J. F. Lemontt, W. M. Generoso
Series Title: Basic Life Sciences
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-3476-7
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
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eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Plenum Press, New York 1982
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4613-3478-1Published: 04 November 2011
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4613-3476-7Published: 06 December 2012
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 387