Table 1 of Wolf, Mol Vis 2008; 14:274-285.

Table 1. Metaphase cells with one or more abnormal chromosomes




Animal status and age		 Total number of
abnormal chromosomes
(abnormal cells/total
 cells in metaphase)


Types of aberrations
Eight-week-old control 15 (2/13) Small marker chromosomes
Eight-week-old irradiation 27 (4/15) Chromatid break; trisomy 8; trisomy 18; + marker chromosomes
26-month-old control* 0 (0/5)
26-month-old radiation* 30 (3/10) + small markers; chromatin unraveling

The asterisk indicates that a set of 26-month-old animals has been added from a separate but same procedure X-ray study to increase the total number of cells examined for post X-ray chromosomal abnormalities. The first number indicates the total number of abnormal chromosomes found. The numbers inside the parentheses indicate the fraction of abnormal cells (some with several abnormal chromosomes) over the total cells that were present in a complete metaphase spread condition.

Wolf, Mol Vis 2008; 14:274-285. http://www.molvis.org/molvis/v14/a34

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