Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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6310537 | Chemosphere | 2013 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
In this study, different concentrations of transfluthrin and metofluthrin have been assayed for genotoxicity by using the Wing Spot Test on Drosophila melanogaster. Standard cross was used in the experiment. Third-instar larvae that were trans-heterozygous for the two genetic markers mwh and flr3 were treated at different concentrations (0.0103 mg mLâ1, 0.103 mg mLâ1 for transfluthrin and 6 μg mLâ1, 60 μg mLâ1 for metofluthrin) of the test compounds. Feeding ended with pupation of the surviving larvae and the genetic changes induced in somatic cells of the wing's imaginal discs lead to the formation of mutant clones on the wing blade. Results indicated that two experimental concentrations of transfluthrin and 60 μg mLâ1 metofluthrin showed mutagenic and recombinogenic effects in both the marker-heterozygous (MH) flies and the balancer-heterozygous (BH) flies.
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Authors
Rabia Sarıkaya, Burcu Koçak Memmi,