THE PRODUCTION OF CHROMOSOME ABERRATION INCHIRONOMUS RIPARIUS(DIPTERA: CHIRONOMIDAE) BY TRITIATED WATER
- 1 March 1971
- journal article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in The Canadian Entomologist
- Vol. 103 (3), 448-453
- https://doi.org/10.4039/ent103448-3
Abstract
Chironomus ripariuswas used to determine whether an increased frequency of chromosome aberrations could be detected in the progeny of an aquatic organism reared in tritiated water (HTO). An increased frequency was detected in larvae whose progenitors had developed either in 250 or 500 μCi/ml of HTO (2500 to 5000 times MPC for occupational exposure). The radiosensitivity ofC.ripariusto acute gamma radiation was determined and compared with the results obtained with tritiated water. The frequency of aberrations produced by incorporated tritium was approximately the same as the frequency produced by an equivalent dose of chronic gamma irradiation.Keywords
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