Spontaneous genomic instability in humans: Final report
The primary goal of this research was to determine if DNA techniques could be used to investigate spontaneous and radiation induced germinal mutation rates in man. The usual approach is to examine a large number of loci with low mutations rates, in a large numbers of individuals. The Japanese atomic bomb survivor studies have not shown significantly increased germinal mutation rates in those individuals exposed to radiation. This may be due to relative radiation resistance, low levels of radiation in most subjects, or to the insensitivity of the techniques. An alternative approach is the examination in a small number of individuals of a small number of loci each of which show very high germinal mutation rates. We have demonstrated the practical feasibility of this approach.
- Research Organization:
- City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, CA (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- FG03-85ER60305
- OSTI ID:
- 5822852
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/ER/60305-T1; ON: DE89015548
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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