The repair of chromosome aberrations in human lymphocytes after combined irradiation with UV-radiation (254 nm) and X-rays.

Human lymphocytes were exposed to UV-radiation and X-rays. The previously reported synergistic effect on the frequency of chromosome aberrations (Holmberg and Jonasson, 1974) was measured as a function of the time between the 2 irradiations to study the effect of repair processes in cells in PBS at 20 degrees C. The synergistic effect was found to be rather constant as a function of time (in the interval up to 90 min) when the UV-radiation is delivered first.

Lack of effect on the chromosomal non-disjunction in aged female mice after low dose X-irradiation.

Karyotypes were determined in 1064 embryos of aged C57/BL mothers. The virgin female mice were irradiated with 0, 4, 8 or 16 R of X-rays, respectively, and placed with young untreated males 5 days after irradiation. 10.