Article
On the genetic background of the adaptive response to X-rays in Drosophila melanogaster.
International journal of radiation biology - 1 Apr 1994
Schäppi-Büchi C
Abstract excerpt
The effects of a low dose (0.1-20 mGy) preirradiation with X-rays followed by a higher dose (2 Gy) of the same radiation on the recovery of the genetic damage induced as dominant lethals in mature oocytes (stage 14) of different strains of Drosophila melanogaster were investigated. The response was shown to be dependent on the genotype of the flies tested, since lower frequencies of dominant lethals (DL) were...
Topics
- Adaptation, Physiological
- Animals
- Cell Death
- DNA Damage
- Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation
- Drosophila melanogaster
- Female
- Genetic Variation
- Genotype
- Male
- Oocytes
- Phenotype