Mutations induced in Drosophila during space flight.

• Ikenaga Mituo

  Radiation Biology Center, Kyoto University, Yoshidakonoe-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501,

• Yoshikawa Isao

  Department of Genetics, Nagasaki University School of Medicine, 12-4 Sakamoto-machi, Nagasaki 852-8102,

• Kojo Moto

  Department of Genetics, Nagasaki University School of Medicine, 12-4 Sakamoto-machi, Nagasaki 852-8102,

• Ayaki Toshikazu

  Department of Genetics, Nagasaki University School of Medicine, 12-4 Sakamoto-machi, Nagasaki 852-8102,

• Ryo Haruko

  Department of Radiation Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Osaka University, Yamada-oka 2-2, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan

• Ishizaki Kanji

  Radiation Biology Center, Kyoto University, Yoshidakonoe-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501,

• Kato Tomohisa

  Radiation Biology Center, Kyoto University, Yoshidakonoe-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501,

• Yamamoto Hanako

  Radiation Biology Center, Kyoto University, Yoshidakonoe-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501,

• Hara Ryujiro

  Radiation Biology Center, Kyoto University, Yoshidakonoe-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501,

Bibliographic Information

Other Title

• Mutations Induced in Drosophila during

Abstract

To examine the possible effects of space radiation on living organisms, fruit flies Drosophila melanogaster were loaded on the US Space Shuttle Endeavour, and after the flight we have analyzed two types of mutations, sex-linked recessive lethal mutations induced in male reproductive cells and somatic mutations which give rise to morphological changes in hairs growing on the surface of wing epidermal cells. Wild type strains and a radiation-sensitive strain mei-41 were used. The frequencies of sex-linked recessive lethal mutations in flight groups were 2 and 3 times higher for wild type Canton-S and mei-41 strains, respectively, than those in ground control groups. By contrast, the frequencies of wing-hair somatic mutations differed little between flight and control groups. The possibility that the space environment causes mutations in certain types of cells such as male reproductive cells, is discussed.

Journal

• Biological Sciences in Space

  Biological Sciences in Space 11 (4), 346-350, 1997

  Japanese Society for Biological Sciences in Space

Keywords

• General Medicine

Details

• CRID: 1390001204430972288
• NII Article ID: 10002857001
• NII Article ID: 130004450435
• NII Book ID: AN10164806
• DOI: 10.2187/bss.11.346
• COI: 1:STN:280:DC%2BD3MnmtVensg%3D%3D
• ISSN: 1349967X
• ISSN: 09149201
• ISSN: http://id.crossref.org/issn/1349967X
• ISSN: http://id.crossref.org/issn/09149201
• NDL BIB ID: 4562994
• PubMed: 11541768
• Web Site: https://ndlsearch.ndl.go.jp/books/R000000004-I4562994
• Text Lang: en
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