Mutagenic effectiveness of 14.1 MeV neutrons and 200 kV X-rays at the dumpy complex locus of Drosophila melanogaster.
The effectiveness of 14.1 MeV neutrons relative to 200 kV X-rays for the induction of the various kinds of dumpy mutation in mature sperm of Drosophila melanogaster was investigated. The estimated RBE values are: 0.52 for all complete mutations; 0.64 for the (olv, ov) types; 0.33 for the (ol, lv, o, v, c) types; 0.33 for all fractional mutations. These data lend support to the thesis that (1) complete dumpy mutations of the olv and ov types are more frequently associated with chromosomal aberrations than those of the ol, lv, o, v and c types, and (2) fractional mutations and complete mutations of the (ol, lv, o, v, c) types are most probably point mutational events.
D000818:Animals; D002869:Chromosome Aberrations; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D002875:Chromosomes / Q000528:radiation effects*; D004307:Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation; D004331:Drosophila melanogaster / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D009154:Mutation; D009502:Neutrons; D010641:Phenotype; D013094:Spermatozoa / Q000528:radiation effects; D014965:X-Rays