PMID: 9541653Apr 29, 1998Paper

Induction of mosaic sex-linked recessive lethals in the different germ cell stages of Drosophila melanogaster by bleomycin

Mutation Research
May F G Sadiq, O F Khabour

Abstract

The mutagenicity of bleomycin was studied in the different stages of spermatogenesis in Drosophila melanogaster. Following the injection of 2 microliters of 0.1 micrograms/ml of the chemical into young wild-type males, complete and mosaic sex-linked recessive lethals were scored by the Muller-5 method in five successive broods, mainly representing the different stages of spermatogenesis. The delayed mutagenic effect of the chemical was measured by the proportion of mosaic progeny produced. The results showed that bleomycin significantly increased the proportions of both complete and mosaic lethals in the broods representing the meiotic and pre-meiotic stages, but did not show any significant increase in these proportions in the broods representing the sperms and spermatids. The sizes of the mutated areas in the F1 gonads represented by the proportions of lethal-bearing females in F2 mosaic cultures were small, indicating that the genetic instabilities induced by bleomycin were transformed into actual mutations in later zygotic divisions. The significant divisions. The significant production of mosaic progeny in the F4 generation of the treated males showed that the mosaic F1 females produced by bleomycin were able to produce fu...Continue Reading

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May 29, 2000·Drug and Chemical Toxicology·M F SadiqH M Samawi
May 11, 1999·Drug and Chemical Toxicology·O F Khabour, M F Sadiq

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