Abstract The effect of weightlessness on chromosomal aberration frequency in preflight irradiated Crepis capillaris seeds, on the viability, fertility and mutation frequency in Arabidopsis thaliana , and on the frequency of nondisjunction and loss of X chromosomes in preflight irradiated Drosophila melanogaster gametes was studied aboard the Salyut 6 orbital station. The following effects were observed: a flight-time dependent amplification of the effects of preflight ▪-irradiation in A . thaliana with respect to all the parameters studied; unequal effects in seeds and seedlings of Crepis capillaris ; and a significant increase in the frequency of nondisjunction and loss of chromosomes during meiosis in Drosophila females. These observations are discussed in terms of the data of ground-based model experiments and flight experiments with a different time of exposure of objects to weightlessness. An attempt is made to elucidate the role of weightlessness in the modification of ionizing radiation effects.


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    Titel :

    The role of weightlessness in the genetic damage from preflight gamma-irradiation of organisms in experiments aboard the Salyut 6 orbital station


    Beteiligte:
    Vaulina, E.N. (Autor:in) / Anikeeva, I.D. (Autor:in) / Kostina, L.N. (Autor:in) / Kogan, I.G. (Autor:in) / Palmbakh, L.R. (Autor:in) / Mashinsky, A.L. (Autor:in)

    Erschienen in:

    Advances in Space Research ; 1 , 14 ; 163-169


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1981-01-01


    Format / Umfang :

    7 pages




    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)


    Format :

    Elektronische Ressource


    Sprache :

    Englisch



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