Mutagenic evaluation of the organophosphorus insecticides methyl parathion and triazophos in Drosophila melanogaster.

doi:10.1080/15287399009531458

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Mutagenic evaluation of the organophosphorus insecticides methyl parathion and triazophos in Drosophila melanogaster.

Journal of toxicology and environmental health - 1 Dec 1990

Velázquez A, Xamena N, Creus A, Marcos R

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The possible genotoxic effects of the organophosphorus insecticides methyl parathion and triazophos were evaluated by their ability to induce gene and chromosome mutations in male germ cells of Drosophila melanogaster. Sex-linked recessive lethal (SLRL), total and partial sex-chromosome losses (S...

Topics

Animals
Drosophila melanogaster
Genes, Recessive
Genetic Linkage
Insecticides
Male
Methyl Parathion
Mutagenicity Tests
Mutation
Nondisjunction, Genetic
Organothiophosphates
Sex Chromosomes
Triazoles

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