Article
Effect of hyperthermia on radiation-induced chromosome loss in female Drosophila melanogaster.
The Journal of heredity - 1 Jan 2000
Mittler S
Abstract excerpt
Three-day-old adult females of mutagen sensitive mutants: mus (1)101D1, mus(1)102D2, mus(1)103D1, mus(1)104D1, mus(1)105D1, mus(3)302D2; meiotic mutants: mei-9D2, mei-9D3, mei-218, and controls st, and w, were subjected to 38 degrees C for 1 hour and 1200R of gamma rays, brooded daily, and nondisjunction and the loss of X chromosomes determined. This was done in an attempt to gain more information on the...
Topics
- Animals
- Drosophila melanogaster
- Female
- Hot Temperature
- Mutation
- Sex Chromosomes
- Species Specificity
- X Chromosome
