Nutrition Research
Volume 23, Issue 7 , Pages 971-979 , July 2003

Comparative effects of eight varieties of blackberry on mutagenesis

  • Patricia Tate

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biological Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634, USA
    • Department of Physics and Astronomy, 215 Kinard Hall, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634, USA
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  • Amal Kuzmar

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biological Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634, USA
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  • Samuel W. Smith

      Affiliations

    • Greenville Memorial Hospital System, 701 Grove Rd., Greenville, SC 29605, USA
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  • David E. Wedge

      Affiliations

    • USDA-ARS, Natural Products Utilization Research Unit; The Thad Cochran National Centre for Natural Products Research, University of Mississippi, University, MS 38677, USA
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  • Lyndon L. Larcom

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biological Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634, USA
    • Department of Physics and Astronomy, 215 Kinard Hall, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1-864-656-7939; fax: +1-864-656-0805.

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Nutrition Research
Volume 23, Issue 7 , Pages 971-979 , July 2003

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