Genetic toxicity of six carcinogens and six non-carcinogens in the Drosophila wing spot test.

doi:10.1016/0165-1218(90)90082-d

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Genetic toxicity of six carcinogens and six non-carcinogens in the Drosophila wing spot test.

Mutation research - 1 Nov 1990

Tripathy N K, Würgler F E, Frei H

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Six rodent carcinogens, 5 of which are also human carcinogens, and 6 compounds recognized as non-carcinogens were tested for their genotoxic activity in the Drosophila melanogaster wing spot test. 72-h-old larvae trans-heterozygous for the recessive wing cell markers 'multiple wing hairs' (mwh) a...

Topics

Aminobiphenyl Compounds
Amitrole
Animals
Arsenates
Arsenic
Arsenites
Carcinogens
Chlorambucil
Drosophila melanogaster
Genes, Recessive
Melphalan
Mutagenicity Tests
Mutagens
Phenotype
Sodium Compounds

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