Hypoxia and induced mutations in Syrian (golden) hamsters. The origin and perpetuation of a species.

doi:10.1080/00039896.1976.10667210

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Hypoxia and induced mutations in Syrian (golden) hamsters. The origin and perpetuation of a species.

Archives of environmental health - 1 Jan 2000

Ingalls T H, Shimada T, Yamamoto M

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We were able to identify anomalous chromosome patterns-monosomy, trisomy, and polyploidy-in metaphase plates prepared from embryos of Syrian hamsters (Mesocricetus auratus) whose mothers had been exposed to low-pressure hypoxia during the hours after copulation. These females were exposed in a lo...

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Animals
Chromosomes
Cricetinae
Embryo, Mammalian
Female
Hypoxia
Mutation
Polyploidy
Pregnancy
Trisomy

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