Genetic Changes in Populations Under Irradiation
- 1 July 1951
- journal article
- research article
- Published by University of Chicago Press in The American Naturalist
- Vol. 85 (823), 209-222
- https://doi.org/10.1086/281671
Abstract
An introductory account is given of exptl. populations of Drosophila melanogaster under different conditions of acute and chronic irradiation. Two types of data are given: (1) chromosomal content of the population in terms of lethals, semilethals, and viability modifiers; (2) estimates of the adaptive values of the populations based on viabilities of random heterozygotes. The discussion deals with the establishment within populations of coordinated genetic systems and the bearing this process has on irradiated populations generally.This publication has 7 references indexed in Scilit:
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