Ethanol-induced chromosomal abnormalities at conception.

doi:10.1038/302258a0

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Ethanol-induced chromosomal abnormalities at conception.

Nature - 1 Jan 2000

Kaufman M H

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Preliminary findings have indicated that mouse eggs exposed briefly in vivo or in vitro to a dilute solution of ethanol activate parthenogenetically. Cytogenetic analysis of the first-cleavage chromosomes of haploid parthenogenetic embryos indicated that up to 20% of this population were aneuploi...

Topics

Abortion, Spontaneous
Aneuploidy
Animals
Chromosome Aberrations
Ethanol
Female
Fertilization
Male
Meiosis
Mice
Mutation
Parthenogenesis
Pregnancy

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