PART 1.GENERAL SURVEY AND INTERPRETATION OF EFFECTS&Chairman:L.H.GRAY 1
Introduction&L.H.GRAY 3
Chromosome Abberrations and Target Theory&H.J.EVANS (Extended comments by S.WOLFF) 8
Chromatid Aberrations-The Generalized Theory&S.H.REVELL 41
Numbers of Nuclear Sites for Aberration Formation and the Distribution of Aberrations&K.C.ATWOOD 73
PART 2.BIOCHEMICAL NATURE OF INDUCED ABERRATIONS&Chairman:J.TOTTER 87
Introduction&J.TOTTER 89
Survey of Work on Chemical Bonds Involved in Aberrations&C.P.SWANSON 90
Aberrations Induced by Radiomimetic Compounds and Their Relations to Radiation-Induced Aberrations&B.A.KIHLMAN 100
Radioisotope Studies on the Structure of the Chromosome&J.H.TAYLOR (Extended comments by M.J.MOSES) 123
PART 3.BIOPHYSICAL STUDIES OF CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS&chairman:G.H.NEARY 165
Chromosome Aberrations and Free Radicals&A.D.CONGER (Extended comments by E.J.HART and R.CALDECOTT) 167
Effects of Combined UV and X Radiations on Chromosome Breakage in Tradescantia Pollen&J.S.KIRBY-SMITH 203
PART 4.ABERRATIONS OF HUMAN CHROMOSOMES AND THEIR MEDICAL IMPLICATIONS&Chairman:N.H.GILES,JR. 215
Dose Relations in the Induction of Human Chromosome Aberrations&E.H.Y.CHU 217
Chromosome Cytology of Medical Anomalies&G.YERGANIAN 237
PART 5.GENETIC CONSEQUENCES OF ABERRATION INDUCTION&Chairman:A.H.SPARROW 271
General Survey of Genetic Effects of Chromosomal Aberrations&D.L.LINDSLEY 273
Summary&C.AUERBACH 290