Analysis of the test response of Allium cepa on the quality of river water in the conditions of antropogenic pollution

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Doklady Bashkirskogo Universiteta. 2016. Volume 1. No. 4. pp. 720-724.

Authors

Romanova A. R.
Bashkir State University, Sterlitamak Branch
49 Lenin Street, 453103 Sterlitamak, Russia
Tikhonova S. V.*
Bashkir State University, Sterlitamak Branch
49 Lenin Street, 453103 Sterlitamak, Russia

Abstract

The article presents data testing the waters of the rivers of the city of Sterlitamak in the Republic of Bashkortostan on genotoxicity. As a biological test-system was used onion Allium cepa . Evaluated mitotic activity and frequency of chromosomal aberrations in the root meristem of the test object.

Keywords

  • mitotic index
  • chromosomal aberrations
  • genotoxicity
  • Allium cepa
  • test object
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