[Patterns in the distribution of chromosome aberrations in the cells of hydrobionts under the action of ionizing radiation and environmental chemical mutagens].

Abstract

In studying the pattern of chromosome aberration distribution among hydrobiont cells in experimental and natural populations, it has been found that the Poisson distribution of chromosomes among cells occurs under the effect of ionizing radiation and under the combined effect of radiation and a chemical mutagen with a higher efficiency of the former. With the comparable efficiencies of both factors and with the effect of a chemical mutagen alone distribution of chromosome aberrations among cells resembles the geometrical one to a greater extent.