Influence of 50-Hz Electromagnetic Field on Anurian (Xenopus laevis) Metamorphosis

In this study, we show the effect of a 1-mT magnetic field AC at 50 Hz on Xenopus laevis tadpole populations. In the course of a 65-day exposure to the field, tadpole survival showed a small, but significant, decrease (p < 0.0004), together with a striking parallel 6-day shift in tadpole maturati...

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Autores principales: Grimaldi, S., Lisi, A., Reiti, S., Manni, V., Ledda, M., Giuliani, L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: TheScientificWorldJOURNAL 2004
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5956361/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15517101
http://dx.doi.org/10.1100/tsw.2004.177
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author Grimaldi, S.
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Reiti, S.
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Ledda, M.
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description In this study, we show the effect of a 1-mT magnetic field AC at 50 Hz on Xenopus laevis tadpole populations. In the course of a 65-day exposure to the field, tadpole survival showed a small, but significant, decrease (p < 0.0004), together with a striking parallel 6-day shift in tadpole maturation frequency and a significant impairment of their metamorphosis. Particularly, metamorphosis was successful for 85% of individuals in the unirradiated tadpole population and for 45% of individuals in the irradiated tadpole population, respectively.
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spelling pubmed-59563612018-06-03 Influence of 50-Hz Electromagnetic Field on Anurian (Xenopus laevis) Metamorphosis Grimaldi, S. Lisi, A. Reiti, S. Manni, V. Ledda, M. Giuliani, L. ScientificWorldJournal Research Article In this study, we show the effect of a 1-mT magnetic field AC at 50 Hz on Xenopus laevis tadpole populations. In the course of a 65-day exposure to the field, tadpole survival showed a small, but significant, decrease (p < 0.0004), together with a striking parallel 6-day shift in tadpole maturation frequency and a significant impairment of their metamorphosis. Particularly, metamorphosis was successful for 85% of individuals in the unirradiated tadpole population and for 45% of individuals in the irradiated tadpole population, respectively. TheScientificWorldJOURNAL 2004-10-20 /pmc/articles/PMC5956361/ /pubmed/15517101 http://dx.doi.org/10.1100/tsw.2004.177 Text en Copyright © 2004 S. Grimaldi et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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