Sister chromatid exchanges in the lymphocytes of control women, pregnant women, and women taking oral contraceptives: effects of cell culture temperature |
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Authors: | R Ghosh P K Ghosh |
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Institution: | Department of Anthropology, University of Delhi, India. |
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Abstract: | The incidence of sister chromatid exchange (SCE) was investigated in the lymphocytes of control women, pregnant women, and women using oral contraceptives after culture at 37 degrees C and 40 degrees C. At 37 degrees C, the mean frequency of SCE (MEAN +/- S.E.) was found to be 7.91 +/- 0.30 in pregnant women and 8.53 +/- 0.29 in oral contraceptive users which were significantly higher than the SCE value of 5.56 +/- 0.21 found in control women. Increase in growth temperature to 40 degrees C elevated the SCE frequency to 11.86 +/- 0.44 in pregnant women, 12.76 +/- 0.46 in oral contraceptive users and 7.24 +/- 0.26 in control women. These data indicate that there is a differential induction of SCEs following increased cell culture temperature in the lymphocytes of pregnant women and oral contraceptive users, compared with control women. |
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Keywords: | sister chromatid exchanges pregnancy oral contraceptives hormones topoisomerase II DNA replication |
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