THE EFFECT OF IONIZING RADIATION ON NUCLEIC EXCHANGE IN FEMALES AS RELATED TO THE NUMBER OF MALES AND FEMALES IN THE PROGENY

Journal Article · Sat Aug 11 04:00:00 EDT 1962 · Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR (U.S.S.R.) English translation currently published in a number of subject-oriented journals

OSTI ID:4768546

Shreder, V N

Female rabbits were subject to x-ray irradiation, and then crossed with normal rabbits. The female rabbits were given whole-body doses of 50 and 250 r, and local doses of 25 and 75 r in the region of the ovaries. The content of alkali phosphatase, DNA, RNA, and of oxidative activity (the rate of oxidation of the leucobase thiomine by blood plasma) were determined before irradiation, and on the 10th day after irradiation. It was found that the activity of alkali phosphatase in blood serum drops sharply, the content of DNA and RNA rises, and the oxidative activity of the blood drops. With a local dose of 25 r and mating on the 14th day after irradiation, the progeny from the irradiated females and normal males showed 86.7% males as compared to 48% males in the controls. With a higher local dose of 75 r, an irreversible sterility was observed (17 females born dead, and two males born alive in 1he progeny). With a whole-body dose of 50 r, and mating on the 14th day after irradiation, the percentage of males in the progeny was high (81%). With a whole-body dose of 2.50 r, and mating on the 14th day after irradiation, ihe percentage of males was 100% (34 males and no females). The irradiated females-then entered a period of temporary sterility, and after about two months, began to bear young again with a high precentage of males (94 7% males when mating iook place 45 days after irradiation, and 78.6% males when mating took place 75 days after irradiation. (TTT).

• Research Organization: Severtsov Inst. of Animal Morphology, Academy of Sciences, USSR
• NSA Number: NSA-16-032849
• OSTI ID: 4768546
• Journal Information: Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR (U.S.S.R.) English translation currently published in a number of subject-oriented journals, Journal Name: Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR (U.S.S.R.) English translation currently published in a number of subject-oriented journals Vol. Vol: 145; ISSN DANKA
• Country of Publication: Country unknown/Code not available
• Language: Russian

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AGE
BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE
BLOOD PLASMA
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BODY
DNA
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GONADS
IRRADIATION
METABOLISM
NUCLEIC ACIDS
OXIDATION
PHOSPHATASES
QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS
QUANTITY RATIO
RABBITS
RADIATION DOSES
RADIATION EFFECTS
REPRODUCTION
RIBONUCLEIC ACID
SEX
X RADIATION