To Increase the Chance of Detecting Carcinogens in the Ames

question 27

Multiple Choice

To increase the chance of detecting carcinogens in the Ames test, the test substance is treated with

• A) penicillin.
• B) heat.
• C) ground-up rat liver.
• D) reverse transcriptase.
• E) penicillin AND heat.

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