BIOCHEMICAL CHANGES IN THE SPERMATOZOA AND BLOOD OF RABBITS SUBJECTED TO IRRADIATION WITH X-RAYS (AS RELATED TO THE NUMERICAL PREDOMINANCE OF MALES IN THE PROGENY) (in Russian)
Journal Article
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· Doklady Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R.
OSTI ID:4785793
Ten male rabbits were given a whole-body x-ray dose of 250 r. Another series of ten male rabbits was given a local dose of 75 r to the testicles. The irradiated males were mated with unirradiated females. The number of male progeny was found to be 81% for the rabbits with a wholebody radiation of 250 r, and 73% for the rabbits given a local dose of 75 r. The controls had 48% males among the progeny. The activity of the alkaline phosphatase, the contents of DNA and RNA, and the oxidative activity (the time required for oxidation of the leucobase thioneine by the blood serum) were determined in the blood serum of the rabbits. The cytochromoxidase activity in the spermatozoa was determined by noting the amount of oxygen absorbed by 100 mg of spermatozoa in one hour. The results show that there is a sharp increase in activity of alkali phosphatase in the sperm and a sharp decrease in the activity of this ferment in the blood plasma of irradiated rabbits. At the same time the content of DNA decreased in the sperm and increased in the blood serum. The content of RNA was higher in the sperm, but hardly changed in the blood serum. With local irradiations the changes in the sperm and blood serum were almost identical. Changes in respiration and nucleic acid exchange could be detected along with the increase in male progeny. (TTT)
- Research Organization:
- A.N. Severtsov Inst. of Animal Morphology, Academy of Sciences, USSR
- NSA Number:
- NSA-16-030291
- OSTI ID:
- 4785793
- Journal Information:
- Doklady Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R., Journal Name: Doklady Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R. Vol. Vol: 145
- Country of Publication:
- Country unknown/Code not available
- Language:
- Russian
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