AbstractResistance to canavanine was studied in haploid yeast after exposure to heavy ions (argon to uranium) of energies between 1 and 10 MeV/u covering a LET-range up to about 10000 keV/μm. Mutations were found in all instances but the induction cross sections increased with ion energy. This is taken to mean that the contribution of penumbra electrons plays an important role. The probability to recover surviving mutants is highest if the cell is not directly hit by the particle. The experiments demonstrate that the geometrical dimensions of the target cell nucleus as well as its sensitivity in terms of survival have a critical influence on mutation induction with very heavy ions.
Mutation induction in yeast by very heavy ions
Advances in Space Research ; 14 , 10 ; 331-338
1994-01-01
8 pages
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
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