title: Mouse oocyte dominant-lethal response to chronic gamma irradiation.
abstract: Adult mouse females were given 500 rad of chronic gamma rays at 0.01 rad/min and mated to unirradiated males during seven successive weeks to score the frequency of dominant-lethal mutations. Total dominant lethality was increased for any of the weeks post-radiation. Post-implantation dominant lethal yields were low, ranging from 2.5 to 6.1% for individual weeks p.r.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002588:Cesium Radioisotopes; D003433:Crosses, Genetic; D004622:Embryo, Mammalian; D005260:Female; D005720:Gamma Rays; D005799:Genes, Dominant; D005804:Genes, Lethal; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D009865:Oocytes / Q000502:physiology / Q000528:radiation effects*; D010063:Ovum / Q000528:radiation effects*
chemical_list: D002588:Cesium Radioisotopes