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Dose Ratio of X-rays to Fast Neutrons in producing Dominant Lethals in Flour Beetles, Tribolium castaneum

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GENETIC effects of radiations of varying relative biological effectiveness on germ cells in different stages of development and differentiation have been examined in mice1,2 and Drosophila3,4. The authors found similar relative biological effectiveness values on the basis of radiation-induced dominant lethals (50 per cent) or recessive lethals. Earlier work5 showed that the frequencies of fast neutron-induced chromosome aberrations (a measure of relative biological effectiveness) were similar for Drosophila and Tradescantia.

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ERDMAN, H. Dose Ratio of X-rays to Fast Neutrons in producing Dominant Lethals in Flour Beetles, Tribolium castaneum. Nature 205, 99–100 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1038/205099a0

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