X-ray induced translocations in premeiotic germ cells of monkeys.
The induction of reciprocal translocations by various X-ray exposures was studied in spermatogonial stem cells of rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta) and stump-tailed macaques (Macaca arctoides) by means of spermatocyte analysis many cell generations after irradiation. The yields of translocations recovered from irradiated stump-tailed macaques were lower than those observed in rhesus monkeys and represent in fact the lowest induction rates per Gy ever recorded for experimental mammals. In the rhesus monkey a humped dose-effect relationship was found with (a) a homogeneous response with (pseudo-)linear kinetics below 1 Gy, (b) much more variability at higher doses, and (c) no induction at all at doses of 4 Gy and above. It is suggested that the post-irradiation proliferation differentiation pattern of surviving rhesus monkey spermatogonial stem cells i  mainly responsible for these characteristics of the dose-response curve.
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Department of Radiation Genetics and Chemical Mutagenesis, Sylvius Laboratory, Leiden, The Netherlands.
D000818:Animals; D004307:Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation; D008252:Macaca fascicularis; D008253:Macaca mulatta; D008297:Male; D013045:Species Specificity; D013090:Spermatocytes / Q000528:radiation effects*; D014178:Translocation, Genetic / Q000528:radiation effects*