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Ultraviolet mutagenesis of radiation-sensitive (rad) mutants of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans.
Mutation research - 1 Jan 2000
Coohill T, Marshall T, Schubert W, Nelson G
Abstract excerpt
A mutational tester strain (JP10) of the nematode C. elegans was used to capture recessive lethal mutations in a balanced 300 essential gene autosomal region. The probability of converting a radiation interaction into a lethal mutation was measured in young gravid adults after exposure to fluences of 254-nm ultraviolet radiation (UV) ranging from 0 to 300 Jm-2. Mutation frequencies as high as 5% were observed. In...
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