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Pretreatment ofVicia faba root tip cells with low doses of60Co γ-radiation can reduce the yield of micronuclei induced by a subsequent high dose of γ-radiation (1.5 Gy). This adaptation to γ-radiation possesses the following characteristics: (1) this phenomenon can be induced by an optimal range of low doses of γ-radiation applied acutely or fractionally; (2) the expression of this response seems to be transitory and depends on the time interval between adapting and challenging doses of γ-radiation.
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Kuglík, P., Veselská, R. The use of a micronucleus test to characterise adaptation ofVicia faba root tip cells to gamma-radiation. Biol Plant 36, 215–220 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02921089
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