PMID: 6969233Oct 1, 1980Paper

Somatic aberrations in relation to lethality in Tradescantia stamen hairs: the influence of radiation dose and quality

International Journal of Radiation Biology and Related Studies in Physics, Chemistry, and Medicine
A G UnderbrinkE Gedłek

Abstract

The survival curves for Tradescantia clone 02 stamen hairs after X-and neutronirradiation are characteristic for those usually found in many eukaryotic organisms. Two somatic mutations or aberrant cell types, pink and colourless, were closely associated with each other and followed similar dose-response curves after neutron irradiation until saturation doses were reached. This relationship changed at higher doses where one aberrant cell type predominates. Similar effects were found after X-irradiation but lethality was not observed at low doses. The yield of certain somatic aberrations within the possible spectrum changed at the doses at which stamen hair survival was reduced to about 70 percent. The maximum yield of somatic aberrations in relation to the amount of lethality incurred may also be changed in this system by radiation quality.

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