AN AUGMENTING EFFECT OF DOSE FRACTIONATION ON RADIATION-INDUCED MUTATION RATE IN MICE

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1 October 1962

journal article
research article
Published by Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Vol. 48 (10) , 1724-1727
https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.48.10.1724

Abstract

The induced mutation rate obtained from spermatogonia of mice exposed to a dose of 1,000 r of 90 r/min X-rays delivered in 2 fractions of 500 r separated by 24 hr is more than 5 times the rate observed for a single 1,000 r dose.

Keywords

RADIATION GENETICS

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Genetics, 1961
X-RAY-INDUCED MUTATIONS IN MICE
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