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. 2013 Nov 26;8(11):e81276. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0081276

Table 1. Frequency and types of chromosomal damage observed in standard culture.

Exposed Non-Exposed
Total individuals, No. 91 46
Total metaphases analyzed (uniform stain), No. 9520 4859
Total metaphases karyotyped (G-banded), No. 2448 1285
Chromosomallesion (uniform stain), No. (%) 100/9520 (1.05) 35/4859 (0.72)
Gaps 48 (0.5) 19 (0.39)
Breaks 52 (0.55) 16 (0.33)
Structuralchromosomalalterations (G-banded), No. (%) 196/2448 (8) 33/1285 (2.56)
Balanced 12/196 (6.1) 7/33 (21.2)
Reciprocal translocations 10 7
Robertsonian translocations 2 0
Imbalanced 184/196 (93.9) 26/33(78.8)
Deletions 23 6
Deletions + acentric fragments 9 3
Acentric fragments 42 0
Imbalanced translocations 23 3
Dicentric translocations 3 0
Dicentric translocations+acentric fragment 4 1
Rings 9 0
Markers 68 13
Additional material of unknown origin 2 0
Isochromosomes 1 0
Totalbreakpointsidentified 203 61
Chromosomal lesion (after G-banded) 98 34
Structural chromosomal alterations (G-banded) 109 27