Clastogenic
Clastogenic (/[invalid input: 'icon']klæstəˈdʒɛn[invalid input: 'ɨ']k/)[1] is an adjective that describes the ability of an agent or process to act as a clastogen—an agent or process giving rise to or inducing disruption or breakages of chromosomes.
Biology
Clastogenic in biology is a term which refers to an agent or process giving rise to or inducing disruption or breakages, as of chromosomes.
- Illustrative sentence: "This leads to the conclusion that a chemical that fails to induce a significant response in an in vitro clastogenicity assay is unlikely to be clastogenic in vivo, in bone marrow assays."[2]
Clastogens are mutagens which cause chromosome effects including breaks, rearrangements and changes in number.
Geology
Clastogenic in volcanic eruptions is a term which refers to an agent or process giving rise to or inducing disruption of the type of ejecta.
- Illustrative sentence: "The complex features of this eruption can be explained by rapid deposition of coarse pyroclasts near the vent and the subsequent flowage of clastogenic lavas which were accompanied by a high eruption plume generating pumice falls and/or pyroclastic flows."[3]
See also
Notes
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- ^ Rose, John. (1988). Environmental Toxicology: Current Developments, p. 64.
- ^ Yasui, Maya and Takehiro Koyaguchi. "Sequence and eruptive style of the 1783 eruption of Asama Volcano, central Japan: a case study of an andesitic explosive eruption generating fountain-fed lava flow, pumice fall, scoria flow and forming a cone," Journal Bulletin of Volcanology (Kasan). Vol. 66, No. 3 (March 2004). pp. 243-262.
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