You are screening three new pesticides for potential mutagenicity by using the Ames test. Two his strains

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You are screening three new pesticides for potential mutagenicity by using the Ames test. Two hisˆ’ strains
resulting from either a frameshift or a transition mutation were used and produced the following results (number of revertant colonies):

Transition Transion Transion Mutant + Chemical + Rat liver Enzymes Mutant Mutant Control (no chemical) Chemical Strain 1

What type of mutations, if any, do the three pesticides induce?

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Principles of Genetics

ISBN: 978-1119142287

7th edition

Authors: D. Peter Snustad, Michael J. Simmons

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