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River in Hampshire, southern England; length 48 km/30 mi. It rises near Ashe and flows south through Stockbridge and Romsey, before flowing into Southampton Water. It is used for trout fishing.



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However, the Ames test is not a suitable model for the mutagenesis of metazoan cells, and thus may yield false-positive and false-negative results (Ashby and Styles 1978).
The Ames test misses around 40% of carcinogens, mainly because it lacks eukaryotic targets.
 
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