biologia plantarum

International journal on Plant Life established by Bohumil Nìmec in 1959

Biologia plantarum 44:591-594, 2001 | DOI: 10.1023/A:1013703022584

Sister Chromatid Exchanges Induced by Heavy Metals in Vicia Faba

S. Gómez-Arroyo1, J. Cortés-Eslava1, R.M. Bedolla-Cansino1, R. Villalobos-Pietrini2, M.E. Calderón-Segura, Y. Ramírez-Delgado
1 Laboratorios de Citogenética Ambientales, Centro de Ciencias de la Atmósfera, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria, Coyoacán, México
2 Laboratorios de Mutagénesis Ambientales, Centro de Ciencias de la Atmósfera, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria, Coyoacán, México

The induction of sister chromatid exchanges (SCE) by chloride and nitrate salts of nickel, cobalt, cadmium and zinc were studied in meristematic root cells of Vicia faba. Salts of nickel, cobalt and cadmium significantly increased the frequency of SCE, whereas chloride and nitrate salts of zinc did not increase the frequency of SCE significantly above the spontaneous level. The reported data demonstrate that the induction of SCE in Vicia faba may represent a valuable bioindicator for detecting the cytogenetic damage of heavy metals.

Keywords: cadmium; chloride and nitrate salts of heavy metals; cobalt; field beans; nickel; root meristematic cells; zinc
Subjects: cadmium, sister chromatid exchanges; cobalt, sister chromatid exchanges; nickel, sister chromatid exchanges; root meristematic cells, sister chromatid exchanges; sister chromatid exchanges, heavy metals; Vicia faba; zinc, sister chromatid exchanges

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Gómez-Arroyo, S., Cortés-Eslava, J., Bedolla-Cansino, R.M., Villalobos-Pietrini, R., Calderón-Segura, M.E., & Ramírez-Delgado, Y. (2001). Sister Chromatid Exchanges Induced by Heavy Metals in Vicia Faba. Biologia plantarum, 44(4), 591-594. doi: 10.1023/A:1013703022584
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