Destructive effects of UVC radiation on Drosophila melanogaster: Mortality, fertility, mutations, and molecular mechanisms

Mohamed Lotfy; Aalaa Khattab; Mohammed Shata; Ahmad Alhasbani; Abdulla Almesmari; Saeed Alsaeedi; Saeed Alyassi; Biduth Kundu

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0303115

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Destructive effects of UVC radiation on Drosophila melanogaster: Mortality, fertility, mutations, and molecular mechanisms

Mohamed Lotfy ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: m.lotfy@uaeu.ac.ae

Affiliation Biology Department, College of Science, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4111-3434

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Aalaa Khattab,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Software, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Faculty of Dentistry, The British University in Egypt, El Sherouk City, Cairo, Egypt
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Mohammed Shata,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Biology Department, College of Science, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
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Ahmad Alhasbani,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Biology Department, College of Science, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
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Abdulla Almesmari,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Biology Department, College of Science, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
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Saeed Alsaeedi,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Biology Department, College of Science, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
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Saeed Alyassi,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Visualization, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Biology Department, College of Science, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
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Biduth Kundu

Roles Data curation, Methodology, Resources, Software

Affiliation Biology Department, College of Science, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2401-4522

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Destructive effects of UVC radiation on Drosophila melanogaster: Mortality, fertility, mutations, and molecular mechanisms

Mohamed Lotfy,
Aalaa Khattab,
Mohammed Shata,
Ahmad Alhasbani,
Abdulla Almesmari,
Saeed Alsaeedi,
Saeed Alyassi,
Biduth Kundu

Published: May 22, 2024
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0303115

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