Quantitative analysis of radiation-induced chromosome aberrations
- 1 May 2004
- journal article
- review article
- Published by S. Karger AG in Cytogenetic and Genome Research
- Vol. 104 (1-4) , 142-148
- https://doi.org/10.1159/000077479
Abstract
We review chromosome aberration modeling and its applications, especially to biodosimetry and to characterizing chromosome geometry. Standard results on aberration formation pathways, randomness, dose-response, proximity effects, transmissibility, kinetics, and relations to other radiobiological endpoints are summarized. We also outline recent work on graph-theoretical descriptions of aberrations, Monte-Carlo computer simulations of aberration spectra, software for quantifying aberration complexity, and systematic links of apparently incomplete with complete or truly incomplete aberrations.Keywords
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