Continued high incidence of mutants in a Peruvian population of mice.
A second trapping of wild mice from two sites in a Peruvian river valley confirms the unprecedented high mutant incidence established by a previous trapping. It also shows that the population may be localized. The new mutants are different from those found in the first trapping, and thus indicate a continued source of mutagenic activity either external or within the gene pool of the population. A third study is underway.
D000818:Animals; D003634:DDT; D004781:Environmental Exposure; D005260:Female; D005808:Genes, Recessive; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice / Q000235:genetics*; D009153:Mutagens; D009154:Mutation; D010568:Peru
D009153:Mutagens; D003634:DDT