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The genetic sensitivity to X-rays of mouse foetal gonads

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 April 2009

T. C. Carter ,
Mary F. Lyon  and
Rita J. S. Phillips
T. C. Carter
Affiliation:
Medical Research Council Radiobiological Research Unit, Harwell, Berkshire, England
Mary F. Lyon
Affiliation:
Medical Research Council Radiobiological Research Unit, Harwell, Berkshire, England
Rita J. S. Phillips
Affiliation:
Medical Research Council Radiobiological Research Unit, Harwell, Berkshire, England
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The mutation rate at seven specific loci was measured among the offspring of male and female mice exposed as 17½-day-old foetuses to 200 r. X-rays. In the female series the mutation rate was lower, by a factor of about four, than the comparable adult rate; in the male series the mutation rate was lower but not statistically significantly lower than in adults.

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Genetics Research , Volume 1 , Issue 3 , November 1960 , pp. 351 - 355
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1960

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