[Genetic sequelae of the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in house mice (Mus musculus)].

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[Genetic sequelae of the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in house mice (Mus musculus)].

Genetika - 1 Feb 1996

Pomerantseva M D, Ramaĭa L K, Chekhovich A V

Abstract excerpt

Genetic disorders were studied in house mice caught from 1986 to 1993 in areas contaminated by radionuclides after the Chernobyl disaster. Dose rates on soil surface ranged from 0.02 to 200 mR/h. Frequency of reciprocal translocations in spermatocytes of the mice studied was relatively low, but i...

Topics

Animals
Genes, Lethal
Genes, Recessive
Heterozygote
Male
Mice
Mutation
Power Plants
Radioactive Hazard Release
Spermatocytes
Translocation, Genetic
Ukraine

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