[The level of dysgenic sterility and recessive mutations induced in laboratory strains of Drosophila melanogaster exposed to chronic low-dose gamma irradiation].

Abstract excerpt

Recent investigations showed that genetic instability accounts for many radiobiological effects. However, mechanisms underlying this phenomenon are still poorly understood. Assuming that mobile genetic elements may be involved in the induction of genetic instability, we studied parameters that characterize the activity of these elements in Drosophila melanogaster: hybrid dysgenesis and the level of recessive...

Topics

• Animals
• Drosophila melanogaster
• Gamma Rays
• Gene Expression Regulation
• Genes, Insect
• Genes, Recessive
• Interspersed Repetitive Sequences
• Mutation