
doi: 10.2307/3573435
pmid: 5087760
Neutron doses at 0.43 MeV and at a lower average energy level were plotted against x-ray doses required to produce equal effects in various frequencies of response for eight somatic aberrations found in Tradescantia stamen hairs. Such plots serve as a useful graphic method for expressing RBE values which change as a function of absorbed dose. It was found that the relationship of neutrons of either energy to x-rays for equal irradiation effects changed as a simple power function and, therefore, was linear on log-log plots. The power functions were interpreted as resulting from increased effectiveness of x-rays compared to neutrons as the dose increased. Seven types of somatic aberrations shared the same power function and may thus be produced by radiation acting similarly on a common entity, i.e., the chromosomes or constituent DNA molecules. An eighth type of aberration appeared to be fundamentally different from the others.
Chromosome Aberrations, Magnoliopsida, Radiation Genetics, Radiometry, Chromosomes
Chromosome Aberrations, Magnoliopsida, Radiation Genetics, Radiometry, Chromosomes
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