Open AccessTests with Drosophila melanogaster on somatic resistance to X‐ray irradiation
Author(s) -
EICHE ANDRIEVS
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
hereditas
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.819
H-Index - 50
eISSN - 1601-5223
pISSN - 0018-0661
DOI - 10.1111/j.1601-5223.1970.tb02335.x
Subject(s) - biology , somatic cell , drosophila melanogaster , larva , irradiation , melanogaster , ionizing radiation , population , genetics , zoology , botany , gene , demography , physics , sociology , nuclear physics
The somatic resistance to X‐ray irradiation was studied in larvae from an isogenic wild type stock of Drosophila melanogaster. In a population, larvae of twelve successive generations were irradiated at the age of 20±4 hours with a dose of 1120 R at an intensity of 80 R per min. Larval resistance to radiation was mainly studied at doses of 1120, 1400 and 1800 R. The data support the conclusion that larvae from series irradiated with 1120 R in earlier generations have greater somatic resistance than larvae from control series. Further tests are being performed to elucidate possible mechanisms which may be responsible for somatic resistance.