[Effects of gamma-irradiation on the gonadal cells of Drosophila melanogaster under varying conditions of hybrid dysgenesis]

Genetika. 1990 Nov;26(11):1969-79.
[Article in Russian]

Abstract

Comparative analysis was carried out with respect to the results of combined effects of gamma-irradiation and transposition of mobile elements in Drosophila, depending on the succession of their application. As turned out, introduction of the P and hobo elements into the M' line, prior to irradiation, resulted in decreased number of unfertilized eggs and reduced the proportion of flies killed at the larval and pupal stages. However, opposite effects were shown, when the P element was introduced following irradiation: the number of unfertilized eggs and that of the flies killed at the larval and pupal stages has significantly increased, as compared to the control. Interaction between the processes induced at the level of DNA repair both by gamma-irradiation and the P' elements' transposition is suggested.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Crosses, Genetic
  • Drosophila melanogaster / genetics*
  • Drosophila melanogaster / radiation effects
  • Gamma Rays
  • Hybrid Vigor / genetics*
  • Mutagenesis / radiation effects
  • Ovum / radiation effects*