Article
Genomic instability in haematopoietic cells of F1 generation mice of irradiated male parents.
Mutagenesis - 1 May 1997
Luke G A, Riches A C, Bryant P E
Abstract excerpt
Preconceptional paternal irradiation has been implicated as a causal factor in childhood cancer and it has been suggested that this exposure to radiation may play a role in the occurrence of childhood leukaemia clusters in the vicinity of nuclear installations. Using a transgenic mouse system emp...
Topics
- Animals
- Child
- Chromosome Aberrations
- Female
- Genetic Vectors
- Hematopoietic System
- Humans
- Male
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Transgenic
- Mutagenicity Tests
- Mutation