NO EFFECTS OF DC AND 60-HZ AC MAGNETIC-FIELDS ON THE FIRST MITOSIS OF2 SPECIES OF SEA-URCHIN EMBRYOS

Authors
PAGNAC C GENEVIERE AM MOREAU JM PICARD A JOUSSOTDUBIEN J VEYRET B
Citation
C. Pagnac et al., NO EFFECTS OF DC AND 60-HZ AC MAGNETIC-FIELDS ON THE FIRST MITOSIS OF2 SPECIES OF SEA-URCHIN EMBRYOS, Bioelectromagnetics, 19(8), 1998, pp. 494-497
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Biophysics,"Biology Miscellaneous
Journal title
Bioelectromagnetics → ACNP
ISSN journal
01978462
Volume
19
Issue
8
Year of publication
1998
Pages
494 - 497
Database
ISI
SICI code
0197-8462(1998)19:8<494:NEODA6>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
The early divisions of sea urchin eggs was used as a model to study th e effects of static and of 60 Hz sinusoidal magnetic fields. Two speci es were used (Sphaerechinus granularis and Paracentrotus lividus). Egg s were fertilized and exposed in two separate coils to the fields (up to 8 mT). Great care was taken to control the temperature of each samp le. No difference was found in the time of the first division that cou ld not be attributed to a temperature difference between samples. Comp arison is made with other published data on various species. (C) 1998 Wiley-Liss, Inc.