Mutagenic effects of petrol in Drosophila melanogaster I. Effects of benzene and 1,2-dichloroethane.
Mutat Res, 1978/5;57(2):163-7.
Nylander PO, Olofsson H, Rasmuson B, Svahlin H
PMID: 96337
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Abstract
Commercial petrol and two of its components, benzene and 1,2-dichloroethane, were tested for mutagenicity in Drosophila melanogaster. The chemicals were given to larvae through their food supply. A genetically unstable sexlinked test system caused by a transposable genetic element was used. Mutagenicity was measured by the frequency of somatic mutations for eye pigmentation. Commercial petrol and 1,2-dichloroethane showed mutagenic activity. With the system used, benzene did not show any mutagenic activity. The high frequency of mutations induced by 1,2-dichloroethane indicate the existence in Drosophila of a metabolic activating system.
MeSH terms
Animals; Benzene; Drosophila melanogaster; Ethylene Dichlorides; Eye Color; Gasoline; Gene Frequency; Genes; Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated; Larva; Mutagens; Mutation; Petroleum
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