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Mutation rate and novel tt mutants of Arabidopsis thaliana induced by carbon ions.
Genetics - 1 Apr 2003
Shikazono Naoya, Yokota Yukihiko, Kitamura Satoshi, Suzuki Chihiro, Watanabe Hiroshi, Tano Shigemitsu, Tanaka Atsushi
Abstract excerpt
Irradiation of Arabidopsis thaliana by carbon ions was carried out to investigate the mutational effect of ion particles in higher plants. Frequencies of embryonic lethals and chlorophyll-deficient mutants were found to be significantly higher after carbon-ion irradiation than after electron irradiation (11-fold and 7.8-fold per unit dose, respectively). To estimate the mutation rate of carbon ions, mutants with...
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