Meanings
nounAmes test (plural Ames tests)
plural Ames tests
- A biological assay to assess the mutagenic potential of chemical compounds, using Salmonella typhimurium bacteria.
Origin
First described in the early 1970s by Bruce Ames and his group at the University of California, Berkeley.
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