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Genetic effects of ionizing radiation--some questions with no answers.
Journal of environmental radioactivity - 1 Oct 2012
Mosse Irma B
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There are a lot of questions about genetic effects of ionizing radiation, the main one is does ionizing radiation induce mutations in humans? There is no direct evidence that exposure of parents to radiation leads to excess heritable disease in offspring. What is the difference between human and other species in which radiation induced mutations are easily registered? During evolution germ cell selection ex vivo...
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