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Knopper, L.D., McNamee, J.P. (2008). Use of the Comet Assay in Environmental Toxicology. In: Martin, C.C., Martin, C.C. (eds) Environmental Genomics. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 410. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59745-548-0_11
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