Cleavage pattern modulation of frog's egg under magnetic fields of 10 tesla order

Issue title: Proceedings of the tenth International Symposium on Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics ISEM-Tokyo

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Iwasaka, M.^{a; *} | Ueno, S.^a | Shiokawa, K.^b

Affiliations: [a] Department of Biomedical Engineering, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113, Japan | [b] Department of Biological Science, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113, Japan

Correspondence: [*] Corresponding author: M. Iwasaka, Fax: +81 3 5841 3601; E-mail: iwasaka@medes.m.u-tokyo.ac.jp

Abstract: In the present study, a possible influence of intense magnetic fields on cleavage patterns during the early embryonic development of frogs was studied. The early cleavages in Xenopus laevis were disordered by horizontal magnetic fields of 10 T order. However, the magnetic field effect did not remain until when they become tadpoles.

DOI: 10.3233/JAE-2002-412

Journal: International Journal of Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics, vol. 14, no. 1-4, pp. 327-330, 2002