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RADIATION EFFECTS ON THE CYTOPLASM OF HABROBRACON EGGS. Final Report, June 1, 1956-May 31, 1962

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:4808746
A cytological examination of eggs which had received xray doses sufficiently high to inhibit the functioning of the female pronucleus was made. Since nothing other than androgenetic males would survive at these high doses, the study consisted of a measure of the production of androgenetic males in relation to x-ray doses. Results are presented on cytological studies of irradiated eggs of known age, irradiated sperm and its effect on egg development, dose-action survival curves for high x-ray doses, effects of radiation on the rate of cell membrane formation, neutron bombardment effects on Habrobracon eggs, attempts to produce androgenetic individuals by heat shock and anoxia, and hybridization of Habrobracon juglandis and Habrobracon brevicornis. (N.W.R.)
Research Organization:
Brown Univ., Providence
NSA Number:
NSA-16-028751
OSTI ID:
4808746
Report Number(s):
TID-16471
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English