title: Heavy ion induced mutations in genetic effective cells of a higher plant.
abstract: Arabidopsis thaliana offers different possibilities for investigating heavy ion induced early and late damage.  Mutations in genetic effective cells can yield early damage, in the form of reduced vitality of the descending cell-lines and/or late damage, such as mutation induction visible in the following generations.  Investigation is possible on different levels of ploidy (4n, 2n, n).  Different genetic effective cells with equal genomes are available.  Additionally, several different biological endpoints for each level of genome ploidy can be observed.  Recent results of work in this field are presented.
authors.affiliation: Botanisches Institut, J.W. Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pickert
authors.forename: K E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Gartenbach
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Kranz
mesh_terms: D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000166:cytology* / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development / Q000528:radiation effects*; D001128:Argon; D002460:Cell Line; D002470:Cell Survival / Q000528:radiation effects; D003359:Cosmic Radiation; D017343:Genes, Plant / Q000528:radiation effects*; D018525:Germination / Q000528:radiation effects; D006238:Haploidy; D007477:Ions; D007854:Lead; D009154:Mutation; D011003:Ploidies; D011058:Pollen / Q000528:radiation effects; D011853:Radiobiology / Q000379:methods; D012639:Seeds / Q000528:radiation effects; D014501:Uranium
chemical_list: D007477:Ions; D007854:Lead; D014501:Uranium; D001128:Argon