| the children of atomic bomb survivors: a synopsis. | when the atomic bombing of hiroshima and nagasaki occurred in the summer of 1945, most members of the public presumed that many of the children conceived by the survivors would be grossly deformed or seriously damaged in other ways as a consequence of radiation-induced mutations. although the experimental data then available, largely limited to studies of drosophila melanogaster, the common fruit fly, did not support this perception, the limitations of the data and the depth of public concern wa ... | 2003 | 14750686 |