Low-frequency electric field induced in a spherical cell during nuclear and cytoplasmic division

The electric fields induced in the interior and in the membrane of a spheri cal cell when exposed to an incident low-frequency electric field are deter mined before, during, and after the cell divides into two daughter cells. I t is shown that when the incident electric field is along the axis of divis ion, the induced field in the cell increases in magnitude by a factor great er than 3, and that it decreases to the value in the parent cell when the d aughter cells are separated by a distance between centers that exceeds 4 ti mes the radius of the cells. Possible biological effects of the induced ele ctric field at the several stages of division are mentioned but not determi ned.