Determination of mutagenicity of chemical compounds, physical factors and environmental pollutants by the Drosophila melanogaster wing somatic mutation and recombination test

A somatic mutation and recombination test (SMART) on the wing cells of Drosophila melanogaster is described in this article in detail. SMART can be used to evaluate the effect of various factors on the genome: physical (temperature, various types of radiation, electromagnetic fields), biogenic (gene...

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Main Authors: L. P. Zakharenko, I. K. Zakharov
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Institute of Cytology and Genetics of Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences 2016-03-01
Series:Vavilovskij Žurnal Genetiki i Selekcii
Subjects:
mwh
flr
Online Access:https://vavilov.elpub.ru/jour/article/view/527