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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
Recommended Citation
Wunder, Charles C.
(1960)
"Altered Growth of Animals After Continual Centrifugation,"
Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science, 67(1), 488-494.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/pias/vol67/iss1/61