title: [Genetic damage in domestic mice inhabiting in the areas with elevated background radiation].
abstract: Genetic effects of irradiation in males of wild house mice which were caught in the region of Chernobyl Nuclear Power Station were studied. The dose rate on the ground surface varied from 0.04 to 200 mR/h of gamma-irradiation. The increasing yield of dominant lethal mutations was only observed in males from the most contaminated sector. Reciprocal translocations were observed in spermatocytes of mice at all the levels of contamination. The rate of reciprocal translocations was relatively low and increased linearly with the elevation of the dose rate. The extent of testis damages increased also, as the dose rate grew. The frequency of abnormal sperm heads, the yield of recessive lethal mutations, litter size and radiosensitivity of the first progeny were not changed, depending on the dose rate.
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Pomerantseva
authors.forename: V A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Shevchenko
authors.forename: L K
authors.initials: LK
authors.lastname: Ramaĭia
authors.forename: B V
authors.initials: BV
authors.lastname: Testov
mesh_terms: D000059:Accidents; D000818:Animals; D001417:Background Radiation; D002869:Chromosome Aberrations; D005804:Genes, Lethal / Q000528:radiation effects; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice / Q000235:genetics*; D009688:Nuclear Reactors; D011833:Radiation Injuries, Experimental / Q000235:genetics*; D011836:Radiation Tolerance; D011839:Radiation, Ionizing; D014455:Ukraine
vernacular_title: Geneticheskie povrezhdeniia u domovykh mysheĭ, obitaiushchikh v usloviiakh povyshennogo fona radiatsii.