木造植物:長期 (8年) の慢性ガンマ放射線への反応として生存率の変化

Science (New York, N.Y.)
|September 11, 1970
PubMed
まとめ

慢性的なガンマ放射線は,木質植物が時間とともに効果的な修復システムを開発し,死亡率を低下させることを明らかにしています. 植物放射線感受性は,インターフェーズ染色体量を用いて予測可能であり,種間で確認されています.

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