本文报道近年来国内外有关甲基汞遗传毒性的研究,从其诱变和致畸作用方面作了综述。文章指出,甲基汞可使动,植物和人类细胞产生类放射性染色体损伤,诱发其染色体结构和数量上的畸变。同时亦指出甲基汞对哺乳动物和人胚胎具有致畸作用。 This article reports the recent studies on the genotoxicity of methylmercury at home and abroad, and summarizes its mutagenic and teratogenic effects. The article pointed out that methylmercury can make animal, plant and human cells produce radioactive chromosome damage, induced chromosome structure and quantitative distortion. Methylmercury has also been shown to have teratogenic effects on mammalian and human embryos.