James V. Neel and Yuri E. Dubrova: Cold War debates and the genetic effects of low-dose radiation.
J Hist Biol
; 48(1): 67-98, 2015.
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ABSTRACT
This article traces disagreements about the genetic effects of low-dose radiation exposure as waged by James Neel (1915-2000), a central figure in radiation studies of Japanese populations after World War II, and Yuri Dubrova (1955-), who analyzed the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident. In a 1996 article in Nature, Dubrova reported a statistically significant increase in the minisatellite (junk) DNA mutation rate in the children of parents who received a high dose of radiation from the Chernobyl accident, contradicting studies that found no significant inherited genetic effects among offspring of Japanese A-bomb survivors. Neel's subsequent defense of his large-scale longitudinal studies of the genetic effects of ionizing radiation consolidated current scientific understandings of low-dose ionizing radiation. The article seeks to explain how the Hiroshima/Nagasaki data remain hegemonic in radiation studies, contextualizing the debate with attention to the perceived inferiority of Soviet genetic science during the Cold War.
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Radiogenética
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DNA Satélite
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Acidente Nuclear de Chernobyl
Tipo de estudo:
Observational_studies
Limite:
Humans
País/Região como assunto:
America do norte
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Asia
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Europa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Hist Biol
Ano de publicação:
2015
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Article