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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1979-11-21
pubmed:abstractText
Chromosomes of the holokinetic organization type were irradiated with X-rays in various stages of meiosis in unfertilized eggs of Tetranychus urticae Koch. Visible cytological aberrations, lethality and sterility were investigated in subsequent generations. Chromosome fragments are the most frequently occurring light-microscopically visible chromosome aberrations; bridges are not formed. Contrary to expectations, the presence of fragments appears to be positively correlated with the occurrence of lethality; loss of fragments, mis-segregation and the measure of damage to the broken chromosome parts are involved. In contrast with monokinetic chromosomes the earliest lethality occurs only after about 10 divisions. The ratios between different embryonic lethality types (early vs. late) differ depending on the stage irradiated: in more compact chromatin, more serious damage (i.e. more early lethality syndromes) is induced than in less compact chromatin. In the progeny of the surviving males, neither translocations nor independent fragments are found; indirect evidence indicated the occasional presence of inversions. The presumptive inversions are induced more frequently in a chromatin-compact stage (metaphase I) than in a less compact one (telophase I).
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0027-5107
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
61
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
259-74
pubmed:dateRevised
2003-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1979
pubmed:articleTitle
Aberrations of holokinetic chromosomes and associated lethality after x-irradiation of meiotic stages in Tetranychus urticae Koch (acari, tetranychidae).
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article