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What does the Ames test measure?
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mutation rates in bacteria
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What percentage of known carcinogenic compounds score as mutagenic in the Ames test?
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90%
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Why is the Ames test so widely used?
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cheap and fast
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What role does histidine play in the Ames test?
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bacteria are engineered so they can't grow without it; anything that does grow has mutated back
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If a substance is a mutagen, what effect will it have on an Ames culture?
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Will promote back-mutation and thus bacterial growth.
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