Chromosomes and cellular radiosensitivity. IV. A new radiotaxon represented by the ferns.
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Biology department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USAIssue Date
1975-04
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Survival curves were constructed and D0 values determined after X-irradiation of single-celled germinating spores of 14 species of ferns, which had a wide variation in interphase chromosome and nuclear volumes and in DNA content per chromosome and per nucleus. A good fit to a line of slope equal to -1 is given on a log-log plot relating D0 to interphase chromosome volume. In a previous publication (Sparrow, Underbrink and Sparrow 1967), ferns fell into radiotaxon VIII, but the new data suggest that they should be assigned to a new group (VIIa) falling midway between radiotaxa VII and VIII. The calculated energy absorption per chromosome at D0 for VIIa is also intermediate between those for VII and VIII. If the value of this parameter is set at 1 for radiotaxon V, that for VIIa is approximately 32 times greater and the radiotaxa V, VI, VII and VIIa form a series 1 : 4 : 14 : 32. The new results indicate that radiotaxon VIII may have to be abandoned unless some other radiobiologically unexplored group (e.g. algae) fills the gap.Citation
Chromosomes and cellular radiosensitivity. IV. A new radiotaxon represented by the ferns. 1975, 27 (4):343-54 Int J Radiat Biol Relat Stud Phys Chem MedJournal
International Journal of Radiation Biology and Related Studies in Physics, Chemistry, and MedicinePubMed ID
1079797Type
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