Germinal and somatic mutation induction in Drosophila after treatment of larvae with tritiated water. |
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| Authors: | G Ribas C Torres M Batiste-Alentorn N Xamena A Creus R Marcos |
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| Institution: | Departament de Genètica i de Microbiologia, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain. |
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| Abstract: | The present study was carried out to evaluate the mutagenicity of tritium, administered as tritiated water, in Drosophila melanogaster. Larvae were fed on tritium-treated medium during their development. Germinal and somatic mutation induction was detected by means of the sex-linked recessive lethal and the wing spot tests, respectively. Our results show that beta-radiation from tritium is able to induce significant increases in the frequency of both germinal and somatic mutations. |
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