title: Mutagenic potential of permethrin in the Drosophila melanogaster (Diptera: Drosophilidae) sex-linked recessive lethal test.
abstract: When permethrin was tested for mutagenicity in Drosophila melanogaster Meigen with the sex-linked recessive lethal test, it was nonmutagenic under conditions of this study. The frequencies of spontaneous mutation for permethrin and the negative control were 0.135% and 0.133%, respectively; the spontaneous mutation frequency for positive control was 12.6%. The difference between the mutation frequency of permethrin and the negative control was not significant.
authors.affiliation: Letterman Army Institute of Research, Presidio of San Francisco, California 94129.
authors.forename: R K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: Z A
authors.initials: ZA
authors.lastname: Mehr
authors.forename: D W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Korte
authors.forename: L C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Rutledge
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004331:Drosophila melanogaster; D005260:Female; D007306:Insecticides / Q000633:toxicity*; D008297:Male; D009152:Mutagenicity Tests; D009154:Mutation; D026023:Permethrin; D011722:Pyrethrins / Q000633:toxicity*
chemical_list: D007306:Insecticides; D011722:Pyrethrins; D026023:Permethrin