title: Mutation Research: the origin.
abstract: This brief commentary reflects on the founding of the journal Mutation Research. It includes a photograph of the participants in the scientific conference held in 1962 at the University of Leiden, The Netherlands, at which Professor F.H. Sobels proposed the establishment of the Journal.
authors.affiliation: University of Tuscia, Viterbo, Italy; Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands. Electronic address: natarajan@lumc.nl.
authors.forename: A T
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Natarajan
mesh_terms: D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000266:history*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D009154:Mutation; D009426:Netherlands; D010506:Periodicals as Topic / Q000266:history*; D014495:Universities / Q000266:history