[Genetic disorders in house mice after the accident at Chernobyl power plant].

Article

[Genetic disorders in house mice after the accident at Chernobyl power plant].

Radiatsionnaia biologiia, radioecologiia - 1 Jan 2000

Pomerantseva M D, Ramaĭa L K, Chekhovich A V

Abstract excerpt

Genetic effects were studied in house mice caught from 1986 to 1994 in regions polluted by radionuclides as a result of the Chernobyl disaster. The dose rates of gamma-radiation on the soil surface ranged from 0.02 to 200 mR/h. The frequency of reciprocal translocations in mouse spermatocytes was...

Topics

Animals
Environmental Pollution
Fetal Death
Gamma Rays
Genes, Recessive
Male
Mice
Mutation
Power Plants
Radioactive Hazard Release
Sperm Head
Translocation, Genetic
Ukraine

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