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Stochastic Effect
Hereditary
• Occurs in germinal cells of the gonads.
• Radiation induces changes in genetic information (through
mutation or chromosomal aberrations) and subsequently expressed
in the next generation.
• Stochastic hereditary effect may be divided into different categories
based on severity of genetic effects.
▪ Dominant mutation: fatality may be expressed in the first generation.
▪ Recessive mutation produces less effect to the first generation but more
towards increasing the content of genetic damage in the general genetic
pool.
