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Cytogenetic Studies in Hybrids from a Pair of Sibling Drosophila Species

  • Park, Yung-Hyun;Kim, Heui-Soo;Lee, Won-Ho
    • Journal of Life Science
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    • 제10권1호
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    • pp.48-50
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    • 2000
  • The cytogenetic pattern of autosome and sex chromiosome after Giemas staining were examined in the hybrids between two sibling species, Drosophila melanogaster and D. simulans. The analysis of karyotype in the hybrid female between D. melanogaster females and D. simulans males could be easily distinguished the characteriation of eight chromosomes from bothe species, especially with regard to X chromosomes. The lagging duplication of Y chromosome was investigated in the interspecific hybrid males from the cross between female of Drosophila melanogaster(OR) and males of D. simulasn (K18). On the other hand, the X chromatids of D. simulans were loosely separated in the early stage of anaphase.

Substantial Evidences Indicate That Inorganic Arsenic Is a Genotoxic Carcinogen: a Review

  • Roy, Jinia Sinha;Chatterjee, Debmita;Das, Nandana;Giri, Ashok K.
    • Toxicological Research
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    • 제34권4호
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    • pp.311-324
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    • 2018
  • Arsenic is one of the most toxic environmental toxicants. More than 150 million people worldwide are exposed to arsenic through ground water contamination. It is an exclusive human carcinogen. Although the hallmarks of arsenic toxicity are skin lesions and skin cancers, arsenic can also induce cancers in the lung, liver, kidney, urinary bladder, and other internal organs. Arsenic is a non-mutagenic compound but can induce significant cytogenetic damage as measured by chromosomal aberrations, sister chromatid exchanges, and micronuclei formation in human systems. These genotoxic end points are extensively used to predict genotoxic potentials of different environmental chemicals, drugs, pesticides, and insecticides. These cytogenetic end points are also used for evaluating cancer risk. Here, by critically reviewing and analyzing the existing literature, we conclude that inorganic arsenic is a genotoxic carcinogen.

Effects of Ionizing Radiation on Plants and the Radiological Protection of the Environment

  • Stanislav A. Geras'kin;Kim, Jin-Kyu
    • 환경생물
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    • 제21권4호
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    • pp.321-327
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    • 2003
  • Differences between the principles for the radiological protection of man and the environment are compared. The derived levels of exposure for man and biota recommended by the international agencies with dose rates for chronic radiation producing effects at different levels of biological organization were given in terms of the biological effects. Cytogenetic effects on plants after an exposure to ionizing radiation at low doses alone and in combination with other factors are discussed. A wide range of experimental data were analysed and the general conclusions were extracted to cover the topics such as non-linearity of dose response, synergistic and antagonistic effects of the combined exposure of different factors, radiation-induced genomic instability, and the phenomena of radioadaptation.

Non-linear Responses of Hordeum vulgare Germs to Low Doses of Ionizing Radiation

  • Kim, Jin-Kyu;Alla A. Oudalova;Vladimir G. Dikarev
    • 환경생물
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    • 제21권4호
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    • pp.384-391
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    • 2003
  • The induction of chromosome aberrations in Hordeum vulgare germs after irradiation is studied for the dose range of 10 to 1,000 mGy. The relationship between the frequency of aberrant cells and the absorbed dose is shown to be non -linear and has a dose-independent plateau within the range of 56-467 mGy where the level of cytogenetic damage is statistically significantly distinguished from the spontaneous level. The comparison of the goodness of the experimental data fitting with mathematical models of different complexities, using the most common quantitative criteria, demonstrates the benefit of the piecewise linear model over the linear and polynomial ones in approximating the cytogenetical disturbance frequency. The results of our study support the conclusion about indirect mechanism of chromosome aberrations induced by low doses or dose rates mutagenesis.

Prenatally Diagnosed Rare Trisomy 16 Mosaicism in Human Amniotic Fluid Cells in the Second Trimester: A Case Report

  • Kim, Sook Ryung;Choi, Eun Jung;Kim, Young Joo;Kim, Tae Yoon;Lee, Young Jin
    • 한국발생생물학회지:발생과생식
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    • 제22권2호
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    • pp.199-203
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    • 2018
  • Although trisomy 16 is commonly detected in spontaneous abortions and accounts for over 30% of cases of autosomal trisomy detected after spontaneous abortion, trisomy 16 mosaicism is rarely detected by amniocentesis in the second trimester. Here, we report a case of level III trisomy 16 mosaicism (47,XX,+16[8]/46,XX[31]) diagnosed by cytogenetic analysis of independently cultured amniotic fluid cells. The female baby was delivered at full term with low birth weight and intrauterine growth retardation, and interestingly, her karyotype was normal (46,XX). Given the difficulty in predicting the outcomes of fetuses with this mosaicism, it is recommended to inform the possibility of mosaicisms including this trisomy 16 mosaicism during prenatal genetic diagnosis and genetic counseling for parents.

Cytogenetic Study of Pleuronectes obscurus, Konosirus punctatus and Pseudoblennius percoides

  • Kim, Eun-Mi;An, Hye-Sook;Park, In-Seok
    • Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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    • 제10권1호
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    • pp.24-29
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    • 2007
  • Our objective was to clarify the cytogenetic characteristics, including karyotypes, cellular DNA content, and nuclear size of erythrocytes, of black plaice Pleuronectes obscurus, dotted gizzard shad Konosirus punctatus, and perch sculpin Pseudoblennius percoides, collected from the coastal areas of Jo Island, Busan, Korea. Karyotypes of P. obscurus and K. punctatus both had a diploid number of 48 and a fundamental number (FN) of 48, with a chromosome formula of 48T. The karyotype of p. percoides had a diploid number of 46 and FN of 56, with a chromosome formula of 10SM +36T. No sex-associated heteromorphic pairs were detected for any species. The variation in DNA values (P. obscurus=1.15 pg/nucleus, K. punctatus=1.56pg/nucleus, P. percoides=1.11 pg/nucleus) was positively related to variation in chromosome FN.

Cytogenetic studies in Rumex

  • Kim, Soo-Young;Chung, Sung-Hyun;Chung, Sung-Hyun
    • 한국동물학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국동물학회 2001년도 한국생물과학협회 학술발표대회
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    • pp.246.2-247
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    • 2001
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