Chemical impurity produces extra compound eyes and heads in crickets

Journal Article · Fri Apr 03 00:00:00 EST 1981 · Science; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1126/science.6782672· OSTI ID:6441959

Walton, B T

A chemical impurity isolated from commercially purchased acridine causes cricket embryos to develop extra compound eyes, branched antennae, extra antennae, and extra heads. Purified acridine does not produce similar duplications of cricket heads or head structures nor do the substituted acridines proflavine, acriflavine, or acridine orange. A dose-response relation exists such that the number and severity of abnormalities increase with increasing concentration of the teratogen.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab., TN
• OSTI ID: 6441959
• Journal Information: Science; (United States), Vol. 212
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
ACRIDINES
DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIPS
EYES
CONGENITAL MALFORMATIONS
HEAD
INSECTS
BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS
EMBRYOS
IMPURITIES
TERATOGENESIS
TOXICITY
ANIMALS
ARTHROPODS
AZINES
BODY
BODY AREAS
FACE
HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS
INVERTEBRATES
MALFORMATIONS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
ORGANS
PATHOLOGICAL CHANGES
PYRIDINES
SENSE ORGANS
560304* - Chemicals Metabolism & Toxicology- Invertebrates- (-1987)