Ultraviolet mutagenesis of radiation-sensitive (rad) mutants of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans.

doi:10.1016/0165-7992(88)90025-5

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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

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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 fluence...

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Animals
Caenorhabditis
Cell Survival
Germ Cells
Larva
Mutation
Ultraviolet Rays

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