Germ cell comparative drosophila mutagenesis: Sensitivity and mutation pattern in chemically treated stem cells
- 1 January 1983
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Environmental Mutagenesis
- Vol. 5 (6) , 891-905
- https://doi.org/10.1002/em.2860050613
Abstract
Mutagenesis studies on Drosophila oogonial cells with methylnitrosourea, dimethylnitrosamine, and diethylnitrosamine revealed unexpectedly high rates of sex‐linked recessive lethals relative to other male and female germ cell stages. Indeed, the oogonial mutation rates with chemicals are higher than with massive X‐ray or neutron exposures of oogonia. Analysis of the distribution of lethals per treated female suggests most of the mutations recovered are of independent origin, with very small levels of clustering of identical mutations. In the male stem cell population (spermatogonia) on the other hand, the distribution of lethals is primarily nonrandom and highly clustered. The nature of the mutational endpoint and the different pattern of germ cell development in the two sexes are the probable causes of this difference. The oogonial sensitivity to chemical mutagens may have important bearing on strategies for assessing human hazard.Keywords
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