Stimulation of the development of the avian embryo by x-rays

✍ Scribed by Bless, Arthur A. ;Romanoff, Alexis L.

• Publisher: Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
• Year: 1943
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 278 KB
• Volume: 21
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0095-9898
• DOI: 10.1002/jcp.1030210204

✦ Synopsis

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The effects of x-rays on the avian embryo have received the attention of many investigators. U7hile a great deal of qualitative work was done early in this century, little quantitative work was accomplished (see a review of the literature by Butler, '36). Recent studies have for the most part been confined to the later stages of the development of the embryo and to the study of pathological conditions created by exposure of eggs to heavy doses of x-rays (Gladstone and Colwell, '33; Spears, '35 ; Wilson, '35 ; Essenberg and Zikmund, '38 ; Komoti, '39). So f a r as the writers are aware, no studies were made on the stimulating action of x-rays, and the effect such action would have on the early development of the embryo or on the hatchability.

It seemed interesting and important to undertake a more or less systematic study of the effect on the embryo when fresh eggs are subjected to a wide range of x-ray doses.