Genetic effects of balloon flight in Drosophila melanogaster.
Drosophila males were flown in balloons and crossed, after recovery, in order to investigate possible genetic effects of cosmic rays. No significant effect was observed in the lethal and dominant mutation rate.
Giess
M C
MC
Laboratoire de Biologie Medicale, Faculte de Medecin, Toulouse (France).
Prudhommeau
C
C
Proust
J
J
Planel
H
H
Soleilhavoup
J P
JP
D000818:Animals; D003359:Cosmic Radiation; D004331:Drosophila melanogaster / Q000235:genetics* / Q000528:radiation effects*; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D009154:Mutation; D012098:Reproduction; D013026:Space Flight; D013091:Spermatogenesis / Q000528:radiation effects; D014893:Weightlessness