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Tradescantia micronucleus bioassay and pollen tube chromatid aberration test for in situ monitoring and mutagen screening.

The meiotic pollen mother cells (PMC) of Tradescantia (spiderwort) are highly synchronized in their prophase I and tetrad stages. Chromosomes of this stage are sensitive to physical or chemical mutagens. Thus high frequency of acentric fragments or sticky chromosomes can be induced with very low lev...

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Main Author: Ma, T H
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 1981
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1568629/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7460887
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