Hereditary intestinal tumor observed after irradiation of multiple generations of a male germinal line of C57BL/6 mice

An heritable multiple intestinal adenocarcinoma was observed in the offspring of an outcross between a male (or female) parent originating from our C57 Black/6M strain and his female (or male) mating counterpart originating from an experimental subline of the same strain, propagated following multigeneration exposure of the male parent to low level tritium, as drinking water (10 microCi/ml) for 35 days prior to mating.