A diploid yeast strain heterozygous at the canavanine locus was subjected to long-term γ exposure in continuous chemostat cultures. Radiation induces canavanine resistance presumably by mitotic recombination. The efficiency of this process increased with lower dose rate. Experiments using a split-dose protocol showed that radiation possibly induces a recombinogenic activity.
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