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Document Type

Research

Abstract

Two different animals have demonstrated an accelerated growth after prolonged centrifugation. This report is primarily concerned with larvae of the common fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, after 24 hour periods of centrifugation at fields between 2200 and 3300 G's. Similar studies are reported for the laboratory white mouse, Mus musculus after seven days of centrifugation at 7 G's. The faster growth is possibly due to more efficient growth, resulting as an adaptation to greater gravity. Such a suggestion is supported by the finding that centrifuged larvae exhibit a reduced oxygen requirement for growth.

Publication Date

1960

Journal Title

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

Volume

67

Issue

1

First Page

488

Last Page

494

Copyright

©1960 Iowa Academy of Science, Inc.

Language

en

File Format

application/pdf

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