The Journal of Experimental Medicine, Vol 73, 711-726,
Copyright, 1941, by The Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research New York
INHERITANCE IN GUINEA PIGS OF THE SUSCEPTIBILITY TO SKIN SENSITIZATION WITH SIMPLE CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS
Merrill W. Chase Ph.D.1
1 From the Laboratories of The Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research
It has proved possible to set up lines of guinea pigs of significantly different susceptibilities towards a compound of simple structure, namely 2:4 dinitrochlorobenzene. This provides direct evidence that the type of sensitization under discussion is influenced by heredity.
Submitted on March 17, 1941