Decreased Oxygen Requirement for Growth of Fruit Fly Larvae After Continual Centrifugation.
- 1 August 1960
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Frontiers Media SA in Experimental Biology and Medicine
- Vol. 104 (4) , 749-751
- https://doi.org/10.3181/00379727-104-25974
Abstract
After 24 hours of centrifugation in fields as intense as 3200 G s at 20 or 28[degree] C, Drosophila melanogaster larvae consumed less O2 during a given amount of growth than controls did. This was measured during the 2d 24 hours of growth which occurred at normal gravity. Previously it has been reported that prolonged centrifugation can alter an organisms growth and various adaptations occur. It is suggested that the animal has adapted by developing a greater efficiency for growth.Keywords
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