Archives → 2018 → Vol. 58, No. 6 → pp. 574-580
Article
Evaluation of 137Cs Mutagenic Activity in the Fruit Bodies of the Symbiotrophic Basidiomycetes in the Test for Recessive Lethal Mutationsin X-Chromosome of Drosophila
Barabanova L.V.1, Ivanov D.M.2, Efremova M.A.3
1 Saint-Petersburg State University, Saint-Petersburg, Russsia. 2Saint-Petersburg State University of Civil Aviation, Saint-Petersburg, Russsia. 3Saint-Petersburg State Agrarian University, Saint-Petersburg, Russsia.
Abstract
Mutagen activity of the 137Cs isotope accumulated by fruit bodies of fungi according to the criterion of frequency of recessive lethal mutations in the X-chromosome of drosophila has been shown. The role of the ectomycorrhiza-forming fungi in radioactive cesium circulation in ecosystems and the prospect of their use as bioindicators of the environmental state are discussed.
Keywords
genetic monitoring, bioindicators, ectomycorrhiza forming fungi, 137Cs isotope, mutagenesis, drosophila, X-linked recessive lethal mutations
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