Effect of a permanent magnetic field on wing size parameters in Drosophila melanogaster

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 365-369

  Stamenković Radak, Marina ^a,b   Kitanović, Igor ^a   Prolić, Zlatko ^a   Tomišič, Ivana ^a   Stojković, Biljana ^a   Andjelković, Marko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b Inst Biol Res 29 Novembre 142   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Developmental stability; Fluctuating asymmetry; Magnetic field; Stress; Wing length; Wing width

Indexed keywords

PERMANENT MAGNETS;

DEVELOPMENTAL STABILITIES; DROSOPHILLA MELANOGASTER; FIELD EXPOSURE; FLUCTUATING ASYMMETRY; MAGNETIC-FIELD; MELANOGASTERS; PERMANENT MAGNETIC FIELDS; SIZE PARAMETERS; WING LENGTHS; WING WIDTH;

MAGNETIC FIELDS;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; FORELIMB; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; MAGNETISM; MALE; PATHOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; STRESS;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; MAGNETICS; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STRESS; WING;

EID: 0035404051     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bem.63     Document Type: Article

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