Meiotic nondisjunction induced by furfural in Drosophila melanogaster females

Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 61-63

  Muñoz, Enzo R ^a,b,c   Barnett, Beatriz Mazar ^a  

^a Radiobiol Comn Nac Ener Atomica   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^c Comn Nac de Ener Atómica ^*  (Argentina)

Author keywords

Aneugenes; Aneuploidy; Drosophila melanogaster; Furfurol; Nondisjunction

Indexed keywords

FURFURAL;

ANEUPLOIDY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; GENETIC DAMAGE; MALE; MEIOSIS; NONDISJUNCTION; NONHUMAN; SOMATIC CELL;

ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; FURALDEHYDE; MALE; MEIOSIS; MUTAGENICITY TESTS; NONDISJUNCTION, GENETIC; TIME FACTORS;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0344131406     PISSN: 08936692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2280(1999)34:1<61::AID-EM10>3.0.CO;2-F     Document Type: Article

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