Article
Concomitant mutagenicity of ethanol and x-ray irradiation in the mouse male germ cells.
Alcohol (Fayetteville, N.Y.) - 1 Jan 2000
Pylkkänen L, Salonen I
Abstract excerpt
The mutagenic effect of ethanol and x-ray irradiation on the male germ cells was investigated in the mouse. The meiotic micronuclei in the testis were recorded and the abnormalities in the epididymal sperm heads were counted. The number of micronuclei in early spermatids did not differ in the ethanol-exposed groups from that of their control groups at the end of 5 week ethanol diets. However, in the mice...
Topics
- Animals
- Ethanol
- Male
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C3H
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mutagenicity Tests
- Mutation
- Spermatozoa
