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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 employing a lambda shuttle vector allowing mutations (in the lacI gene) to be analysed in vitro, we have investigated the...
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