Human minisatellite mutation rate after the Chernobyl accident
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The frequency of mutation is two times as high among children whose parents were exposed to irradiation during the Chernobyl accident in populous areas of the Mogilev district of Belarus than in controls. Five minisatellite probes were used to estimate the rate of mutation. The mutation rate is proportional to the surface contamination levels of cesium-137. Radiation doses in the rural population indicate thyroid exposure to I-131 of 0.185 Gy per person. The increase in minisatellite mutation rate is probably due to an initial exposure to I-131 or chronic exposure to Cs-137.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 1996
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DNA fingerprinting Dolly
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There are concerns about the authenticity of Dolly and whether she may have been derived from a contaminating sheep cell culture or from a fetal cell from the udder of the ewe donor. DNA fingerprint analysis has been undertaken to determine the origin of the donor cell. Several different probes were used, each of which are effective in detecting variable minisatellites. It was concluded that Dolly was derived from the nucleus of a cell from the mammary gland of the donor.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 1998
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Wheat mutation rate after Chernobyl
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Issues are presented concerning the mutation of germaline in plants following the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Russia in 1986. The mutations found in wheat plants sown in contaminated ground near the site are discussed.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2000
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