[Frequency of dominant lethal mutations induced by combined exposure to incorporated 137Cs and external gamma-irradiation in mice]. / Chastota dominantnykh letal'nykh mutatsii, indutsirovannykh sochetannym deistviem inkorporirovannogo 137Cs i vneshnego gamma-izlucheniia, u myshei.

The genetic effect of combined exposure to incorporated 137Cs and external gamma-irradiation was studied in germ cells of male mice. The activity of incorporated 137Cs was 3.7 x 10(4) Bq/g. The dose of external gamma-irradiation was 1.5 Gy. In the case of combined exposure, mice were treated with a cesium solution immediately after irradiation. The genetic effect was estimated by the frequency of dominant lethal mutations (DLM) induced at different stages of spermatogenesis. Upon combined exposure to external and internal irradiation, the frequency of DLM in premeiotic cells significantly exceeded the total frequency of DLM induced by separate exposure to external and internal irradiation; i.e., a marked synergistic interaction of external and internal irradiation was observed.

[Genetic disorders in house mice after the accident at Chernobyl power plant]. / Geneticheskie narusheniia u domovykh myshei posle avarii na Chernobyl'skoi AES.

Genetic effects were studied in house mice caught from 1986 to 1994 in regions polluted by radionuclides as a result of the Chernobyl disaster. The dose rates of gamma-radiation on the soil surface ranged from 0.02 to 200 mR/h. The frequency of reciprocal translocations in mouse spermatocytes was relatively low, but increased with the dose rate. Embryo mortality was increased only in the progeny of male mice caught in 1987 in the area with maximum contamination. The frequency of mice heterozygous for recessive lethal mutations decreased with the time after the accident.

[Genetic sequelae of the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in house mice (Mus musculus)]. / Geneticheskie posledstviia avarii na Chernobyl'skoi AES u domovykh myshei (Mus musculus).

Genetic disorders were studied in house mice caught from 1986 to 1993 in areas contaminated by radionuclides after the Chernobyl disaster. Dose rates on soil surface ranged from 0.02 to 200 mR/h. Frequency of reciprocal translocations in spermatocytes of the mice studied was relatively low, but increased with dose rate. In populations, frequency of mice heterozygous for recessive lethal mutations decreased with time after the accident. The data obtained allow us to assume that induced mutations may lead to elimination of germ cells and decreased viability in mice heterozygous for the mutations. These processes result in removing excess mutations from the population.

[Comparative study of the genetic effect of various tritium compounds in male mice]. / Sravnitel'noe izuchenie geneticheskogo éffekta razlichnykh soedinenii tritiia u samtsov myshi.

Comparative study of the genetic effect of some tritiated biogenic++ compounds and tritiated water was carried out. Reciprocal translocations induced in mice stem spermatogonia by 3H-glucose, 3H-glycine and 3H-lysine occur with similar frequency, whereas the difference in values of the absorbed doses of beta-irradiation in some cases was about two-fold. The highest genetic effect per unit of activity of 3H-nucleosides (3H-TdR and 3H-CdR) was revealed at lowest activities. The frequency of reciprocal translocations induced by 3H-TdR was twice as that induced by 3H-CdR.