Species comparisons concerning radiation-induced dominant lethals and chromosome aberrations

After X-irradiation of post-meiotic stages, male mice, guinea-pigs, rabbits and golden hamsters differed both in general sensitivity to the induction of dominant lethals, and in the relative sensitivity of the various spermatogenic stages. Guinea-pigs were the least sensitive, and hamsters had a different stage sensitivity pattern, with mature sperm the most sensitive stage.