673
Views
21
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Original Articles

Gamma radiation tolerance in different life stages of the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster

, &
Pages 440-448 | Received 24 Feb 2016, Accepted 17 Nov 2016, Published online: 20 Dec 2016

References

  • Akter H, Khan SA. 2014. Sensitivity of immature stages of dengue causing mosquito Aedes aegypti to gamma radiation. J Entomol. 11:56–67.
  • Aldryhim YN, Adam EE. 1999. Efficacy of gamma irradiation against Sitophilus granarius (L.) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). J Stored Products Res. 35:225–232.
  • Bakri A, Heather N, Hendricks J, Ferris I. 2005. Fifty years of radiation biology entomology: lessons learned from IDIDAS. Ann Entomol Soc Am. 98:1–12.
  • Balock JW, Burditt AK Jr, Curistenson LD. 1963. Effects of gamma radiation on various stages of three fruit fly species. J Economic Entomol Oxford Univ Press. 56:42–46.
  • Bier E. 2005. Drosophila, the golden bug, emerges as a tool for human genetics. Nat Rev Genet. 6:9–23.
  • Casarett AP. 1968. Radiation biology. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall.
  • Chandna S, Dwarakanath BS, Seth RK, Khaitan D, Adhikari JS. 2004. Radiation responses of Sf9, a highly radioresistant lepidopteran insect cell line. Int J Radiat Biol. 80:301–315.
  • Chandna S. 2010. RE: multiple factors conferring high radio resistance in insect Sf9 cells. (Mutagenesis, 24, 259–269, 2009). Mutagenesis. 25:431–432.
  • Citrin D, Cotrim AP, Hyodo F, Baum BJ, Krishna MC, Mitchell JB. 2010. Radioprotectors and mitigators of radiation-induced normal tissue injury. Oncologist. 15:360–371.
  • Datkhile KD, Dongre TK, Mukhopadhyaya R, Nath BB. 2009. Gamma radiation tolerance of a tropical species of midge, Chironomus ramosus Chaudhuri (Diptera: Chironomidae). Int J Radiat Biol. 85:495–503.
  • Dongre TK, Harwalkar MR, Nene SP, Padwal-Desai SR. 1997. Radio-sensitivity of different developmental stages of pulse beetle (Callosobruchus maculatus). J Food Sci Technol Mysore. 34:413–415.
  • Harrison FL, Anderson SL. 1996. Taxonomic and development aspects of radio sensitivity. Proceedings of the Symposium: ionizing Radiation, the Swedish Radiation Protection Institute (SSI) and The Atomic Energy Control Board (AECB) of Canada, Stockholm, Sweden; p. 65–88.
  • Khan HS, Saiful MI. 2006. Efficacy of gamma radiation against housefly (Musca domestica L.) reproduction and survival II. Adult treatment. J Biosci. 14:25–30.
  • Koukourakis MI. 2012. Radiation damage and radioprotectants: new concepts in the era of molecular medicine. Br J Radiol. 85:313–330.
  • Koval TM. 1983. Intrinsic resistance to the lethal effects of X-irradiation in insect and arachnid cells. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 80:4752–4755.
  • Lee KB, Hwang UK, Lee KS. 1967. Exploratory studies on the eradication of the Korean pine caterpillar Dendrolimus spectabilis butler by means of radiation. Proceedings of a symposium on the use of isotopes and radiation in entomology. International atomic energy agency. Vienna 1968; pp. 273–286.
  • Li NT, Oberley D. 1998. Modulation of antioxidant enzymes, reactive oxygen species, and glutathione levels in manganese superoxide dismutase-over expressing NIH/3T3 fibroblasts during the cell cycle. J Cell Physiol. 177:148–160.
  • Maurya DK, Devasangayam TPA, Nair CKN. 2006. Some novel approaches for radioprotection and the beneficial effect of natural products. Indian J Exp Biol. 44:93–114.
  • O’Brien RD, Wolfe LS. 1964. Radiation, radioactivity and insects. New York: Academic Press.
  • Parashar V, Frankel S, Alan GL, Blanka R. 2008. The effects of age on radiation resistance and oxidative stress in adult Drosophila melanogaster. Radiat Res. 169:707–711.
  • Prieto MP, Miguel A. 1999. Spectrophotometric quantitation of antioxidant capacity through the formation of phosphomolybdenum complex: specific application to the determination of vitamin E. Anal Biochem. 259:337–341.
  • United Nation’s Nuclear Regulatory Commission (UNNRC). 2001. United Nation’s Nuclear Regulatory Commission, protecting people and environment. United States Environmental Protection Agency, office of air and radiation. EPA-402-K-10-008.

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.