Evaluation of the genotoxicity of four herbicides in the wing spot test of Drosophila melanogaster using two different strains

Mutation Research - Genetic Toxicology and Environmental Mutagenesis

Volumn 557, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 53-62

  Kaya, Bülent ^a   Marcos, Ricardo ^b   Yanikoǧlu, Atila ^a   Creus, Amadeu ^b  

^a AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bentazone; Drosophila melanogaster; Genotoxicity; High bioactivation strains; Molinate; Thiobencarb; Trifluralin; Wing spot test

Indexed keywords

BENTAZON; BENTHIOCARB; HERBICIDE; MOLINATE; TRIFLURALIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CHROMOSOME BREAKAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS BREEDING; DATA BASE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FORELIMB; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTOXICITY; HETEROZYGOTE; LARVA; MALE; MITOTIC RECOMBINATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUTAGEN TESTING; MUTAGENICITY; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATIC CELL;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0346422372     PISSN: 13835718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mrgentox.2003.09.010     Document Type: Article

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