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Table 3 Mutagenicity of MMC in urate-null mutants and wild-type flies

From: Increase of somatic cell mutations in oxidative damage-sensitive drosophila

Dose (mM)

Survival (%)

No. of wings

No. of spots (spots/wing)

Small

Large

Total

y v ma-l; mwh × Oregon-R F1 females (uric acid +)

 0

100

161

17 (0.11)

3 (0.02)

20 (0.12)

 0.05

87

151

866 (5,74)**

349 (2.31)**

1215 (8.05)**

 0.1

105

181

1816 (10.0)**

611 (3.38)**

2427 (13.4)**

y v ma-l; mwh × y v ma-l F1 females (uric acid -)

 0

100

113

65 (0.58)

10 (0.09)

75 (0.66)

 0.05

44

50

769 (15.4)**

298 (5.96)*

1067 (21.3)**

 0.1

56

64

2038 (31.8)**

488 (7.63)**

2529 (39.5)**

  1. *P ≤ 0.05, **P ≤ 0.01, a significant increase in comparison to the corresponding control