Zaĭnullin V G, Moskalev A A
Syktyvkar State University, Syktyvkar, 167001 Russia.
Genetika. 2001 Sep;37(9):1304-6.
Chronic irradiation (accumulated dose 0.6-0.8 Gy) was shown to change the life span in male Drosophila melanogaster. Death was retarded in wild-type strains and accelerated in mutant strains defective in DNA repair and displaying a higher sensitivity to induction of apoptosis.