No evidence of increased mutation rates at microsatellite loci in offspring of a-bomb survivors

Radiation Research

Volumn 173, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 205-213

  Kodaira, M ^a   Ryo, H ^b,c   Kamada, N ^a,d   Furukawa, K ^a   Takahashi, N ^a   Nakajima, H ^b   Nomura, T ^b,c   Nakamura, N ^a  

^a RADIATION EFFECTS RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL INNOVATION   (Japan)

^d NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; ATOMIC BOMB; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUTATION RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SURVIVOR;

ALLELES; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; HUMANS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MUTATION; NUCLEAR WEAPONS; SURVIVAL;

EID: 75149121477     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1667/RR1991.1     Document Type: Article

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