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X Rays and Genetic Research

Early in the days of the application of X rays in the field of medicine, the harmful and serious effects upon patients and operators, who had exposed themselves too freely to the rays, showed that they exerted a profound influence upon the organism and the cell. It was only two years ago, however, that Muller's announcement of the transmutation of the gene indicated how fundamental the influence of the rays might be.