title: [Reciprocal translocations in mice found in the vicinity of the Chernobyl nuclear power station].
abstract: A study was made of the incidence of genetic damage to germ cells of male mice taken from or exposed within the thirty-kilometer zone of Chernobyl, the contaminated no-man's-land around the reactor that failed. At all contamination levels mouse spermatocytes exhibited reciprocal translocations, a relatively low frequency of which increased with increasing dose rate. Heterozygotes, with respect to reciprocal translocations (5%), were found among males exposed to enhanced radiation background as early embryos.
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Pomerantseva
authors.forename: L K
authors.initials: LK
authors.lastname: Ramaĭia
authors.forename: B V
authors.initials: BV
authors.lastname: Testov
authors.forename: A V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Chekhovich
authors.forename: V A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Shevchenko
authors.forename: A I
authors.initials: AI
authors.lastname: Shaks
authors.forename: N V
authors.initials: NV
authors.lastname: Lobaneva
mesh_terms: D000059:Accidents; D000818:Animals; D004622:Embryo, Mammalian / Q000528:radiation effects; D006579:Heterozygote; D008297:Male; D009688:Nuclear Reactors; D051381:Rats; D013090:Spermatocytes / Q000528:radiation effects*; D014178:Translocation, Genetic / Q000528:radiation effects*; D014455:Ukraine
vernacular_title: Retsiproknye translokatsii u mysheĭ, nadkhodivshikhsia v raĭone Chernobyl'skoĭ AES.