STUDIES ON THE EFFECTS OF RADIATION ON LIVING CELLS IN TISSUE CULTURE. I. RADIOSENSITIVITY OF VARIOUS IMAGINAL DISCS AND ORGANS IN LARVAE OF DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER
In order to study the effect of radiation on larvae of Drosophila melanogaster, various imaginal discs and organs of third-instar larvate were cultured in a synthetic medium together with cephalic complexes as a source of the metamorphic hormone. Irradiated discs or organs were used for culture in one series, and irradiated cephnlic complexes were used in the other. From the difference in results obtaiaed ia the two sedes, it was concluded that the decrease in% ecdysis was caused by a functional disturbance of the cephallc complex induced by radiation. It was shown that the brain, the wing disc, and the testis were more radiosensitive than the eye disc, the leg disc, the salivary gland, and the fat body. (auth)
- Research Organization:
- National Inst. of Genetics, Mishima, Japan
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- NSA Number:
- NSA-14-009353
- OSTI ID:
- 4164233
- Journal Information:
- Radiation Research, Vol. Vol: 12; Other Information: Orig. Receipt Date: 31-DEC-60
- Country of Publication:
- Country unknown/Code not available
- Language:
- English
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