title: [Genetic disorders in house mice after the accident at Chernobyl power plant].
abstract: Genetic effects were studied in house mice caught from 1986 to 1994 in regions polluted by radionuclides as a result of the Chernobyl disaster. The dose rates of gamma-radiation on the soil surface ranged from 0.02 to 200 mR/h. The frequency of reciprocal translocations in mouse spermatocytes was relatively low, but increased with the dose rate. Embryo mortality was increased only in the progeny of male mice caught in 1987 in the area with maximum contamination. The frequency of mice heterozygous for recessive lethal mutations decreased with the time after the accident.
authors.affiliation: Vavilov Institute of General Genetics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow.
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Pomerantseva
authors.forename: L K
authors.initials: LK
authors.lastname: Ramaĭa
authors.forename: A V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Chekhovich
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004787:Environmental Pollution; D005313:Fetal Death; D005720:Gamma Rays; D005808:Genes, Recessive; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D009154:Mutation; D011210:Power Plants; D018788:Radioactive Hazard Release; D013077:Sperm Head / Q000528:radiation effects*; D014178:Translocation, Genetic; D014455:Ukraine
vernacular_title: Geneticheskie narusheniia u domovykh mysheĭ posle avarii na Chernobyl'skoĭ AES.