Mutagenicity studies in Drosophila melanogaster with Lannate 20.
Lannate 20 a carbamate pesticide was evaluated for its mutagenicity in Drosophila melanogaster by the sex-linked recessive lethals and chromosome II-III translocation tests by continuous larval feeding. The 3 sublethal doses of 0.2, 0.4 and 0.6 microliter of Lannate per 100 ml of the food medium induced a significant (P less than 0.01) increase in the number of sex-linked recessive lethals over the controls. However, no translocations were observed either in the treated or the control series.
D000818:Animals; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004331:Drosophila melanogaster / Q000187:drug effects*; D005804:Genes, Lethal; D005808:Genes, Recessive; D007306:Insecticides / Q000633:toxicity*; D008724:Methomyl / Q000633:toxicity*; D009152:Mutagenicity Tests; D009154:Mutation / Q000187:drug effects*; D012730:Sex Chromosomes; D014178:Translocation, Genetic / Q000187:drug effects
D007306:Insecticides; D008724:Methomyl