[Genetic effects in mice exposed to the 10-km area around the Chernobyl Atomic Energy Station].

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[Genetic effects in mice exposed to the 10-km area around the Chernobyl Atomic Energy Station].

Genetika - 1 Oct 1990

Pomerantseva M D, Chekhovich A V, Ramaiĭa L K, Shevchenko V A, Shaks A I, Lobaneva N V

Abstract excerpt

Mice (CBAxC57BL) F of both sexes were exposed within the 10 km zone of Chernobyl nuclear power station. Genetic damage of phone chronic effect of increased radiation in exposed adult mice and in the course of embryogenesis was studied. The total absorbed radiation doses in testes varied from 1.85...

Topics

Animals
Embryo, Mammalian
Female
Genes, Lethal
Male
Mice
Mice, Inbred C57BL
Mice, Inbred CBA
Mutation
Spermatozoa
Testis
Translocation, Genetic

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