Sensitivity of rat testes to inhibitors of nucleic acid synthesis. III. The inheritance of mitomycin C-induced structural rearrangements of chromosomes.

doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.jhered.a108631

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Sensitivity of rat testes to inhibitors of nucleic acid synthesis. III. The inheritance of mitomycin C-induced structural rearrangements of chromosomes.

The Journal of heredity - 1 Jan 2000

Bempong M A, Trower E C

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The inheritance of mitomycin C-induced aberrations was studied. Examination of spermatogonia showed statistically significant differences between the progeny of the untreated and treated rats in terms of total aberrant cells and chromosomal structural rearrangements. With the exception of gaps, b...

Topics

Animals
Chromosome Aberrations
Chromosomes
Female
Fertility
Litter Size
Male
Meiosis
Mitomycins
Mutation
Pregnancy
Rats
Testis

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