RADIATION INDUCED VIABILITY MUTATIONS IN THE HONEY BEE. Progress Report
Technical Report
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OSTI ID:4755444
Results of experiments on partial-body irradiation of queen honey bees show that irradiating the segments III through V of the abdomen produces the same lethal effect as whole-body irradiation, whereas irradiating any other body region does not produce a significant amount of radiation deaths during the following three weeks. Apparently, irradiation of segments III through V of the abdomen prevents the replacement by cell division of the digestive cells lining the ventriculus, and the queen then starves for lack of proper digestion. It is concluded that variations in the normal rate of cell division in the ventriculus of various insects and in the length of time different species can go without food can explain the great variation in resistance of adult insects to irradiation. (C.H.)
- Research Organization:
- New Hampshire. Univ., Durham
- NSA Number:
- NSA-17-007799
- OSTI ID:
- 4755444
- Report Number(s):
- TID-17579
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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