Open AccessThe effect of X-radiation on the spermatogenesis of Abraxas grossulariata
Author(s) -
J. Bronté Gatenby,
R. N. Mukerji,
Sylvia B. Wigoder
Publication year - 1929
Publication title -
proceedings of the royal society of london. series b, containing papers of a biological character
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2053-9185
pISSN - 0950-1193
DOI - 10.1098/rspb.1929.0055
Subject(s) - cytoplasm , vacuole , delicacy , golgi apparatus , biology , germ , radiation , sperm , spermatogenesis , microbiology and biotechnology , chemistry , anatomy , botany , physics , endocrinology , optics , endoplasmic reticulum , ecology
Following work which had already been carried out by us on the effects caused during sperm formation by X-radiation (12), it was considered possible that clearer results might be obtained by using lepidopterous germ cells. The cytoplasmic inclusions of these insects have already been studied by a number of workers, bothintra vitam and in fixed preparations (4, 9, 10, 13). The Golgi elements, vacuoles and mitochondria can be seen with ease, in the fresh cell, and the delicacy of these structures in moths led us to believe, that if X-radiation did have any effect on the cytoplasmic bodies, it would be in such examples that observation would be easy.