Article
[Genetic and somatic effects of ionizing radiation in humans and animals (comparative aspect)].
Radiatsionnaia biologiia, radioecologiia - 1 Jan 2000
Vorobtsova I E
Abstract excerpt
Genetic effects of ionizing radiation in the progeny of exposed parents could be conventionally subdivided on three main types. 1. Severe developmental disorders (fetus death, stillbirth, early postnatal mortality, malformation, hereditary disease, sterility). These effects are known to be caused by so called "gross" mutations (genomic, chromosomal, those of essential genes) with dominant harmful effects....
Topics
- Animals
- Female
- Humans
- Mutation
- Pregnancy
- Radiation, Ionizing
- Species Specificity
