کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
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2842739 | 1571090 | 2016 | 5 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |
• .Alternating temperatures of 14 and 32 °C were used as a teratogenic factor.
• Temperature causes mortality increase of spider’s embryo and anomalies formation.
• Pedipalpal metamere and its appendages undergo different malformations.
• There were 25 larvae with pedipalp deformations.
The study was aimed at demonstrating the relationship between temperature (as a factor which disturbs morphogenesis) and deformities in the front part of the prosoma in Tegenaria atrica. By exposing spider embryos to alternating temperatures of 14 and 32 °C for the first 10 days of embryonic development, i.e. until the first metameres of the prosoma appeared on the germ band, we obtained individuals with a range of anomalies including those which affected the prosomal morphology. We selected five spiders with deformities of pedipalps or of pedipalps and walking legs for comprehensive analysis. The results indicate a relationship between temperature applied as a teratogenic factor and anomalies in the front part of the prosoma.
Journal: Journal of Thermal Biology - Volume 56, February 2016, Pages 50–54