A Sex Difference in Radioactivity of Artemia cultured in Sea Water containing Phosphorus-32

PHOSPHORUS as a constituent of energy storage-transfer systems and as a structural component of nucleic acid is essential to life. As such it is not surprising that its radioactive form has proved to be the isotope of greatest biological importance in the disposal of liquid wastes from atomic energy...

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Published in:Nature (London) 1959-01, Vol.183 (4654), p.122-123
Main Authors: GROSCH, DANIEL S, PLUMB, MARY ELLEN
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
Artemia
Biochemical Phenomena
Crustacea
Humanities and Social Sciences
letter
multidisciplinary
Old Medline
Phosphorus - metabolism
Radioactivity
Radioisotopes
Science
Science (multidisciplinary)
Seawater
Sex Characteristics
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Summary:PHOSPHORUS as a constituent of energy storage-transfer systems and as a structural component of nucleic acid is essential to life. As such it is not surprising that its radioactive form has proved to be the isotope of greatest biological importance in the disposal of liquid wastes from atomic energy installations 1 . The present report concerns a phase of a long-term investigation on the genetic effects of radiation on populations of marine animals.
ISSN:0028-0836
1476-4687
DOI:10.1038/183122a0