Abstract
Sensitivity of male germ cells in the mulberry silkworm, Bombyx mori L., to ethyl methanesulfonate (EMS) was determined by treating newly emerged 5th-instar larvae, and 2-day- and 7-day-old pupae with 3 concentrations, 0.05, 0.1 and 0.15%, of the mutagen. The frequency of dominant-lethal mutations induced by EMS treatment was used as the parameter for the study. Spermatids and spermatozoa were markedly sensitive to EMS. Statistical analysis confirmed that differences in respect of percentage of egg hatch among the 3 different treatments as well as the interactions between the 3 factors, e.g. stages, hatchability and EMS treatment, were highly significant.
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