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Donald Bailey, who was a geneticist.
He devised a
technique for transplanting the skin of mice on their tails. That
was nice because it was very easy to read the results of the
experiment.
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He was a worker supported by the
Radiological Lab for a number of years.
radiation and he did the genetics,
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became a senior investigatory and Esw@mimk for aynite Wry the
director of the laboratory.
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What part did radiation play in that?
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