THE EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE CHANGES UPON THE PULSATIONS OF ISOLATED SCALE MELANOPHORES OFFUNDULUS HETEROCLITUS
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- 1 June 1931
- journal article
- research article
- Published by University of Chicago Press in The Biological Bulletin
- Vol. 60 (3), 269-287
- https://doi.org/10.2307/1536875
Abstract
1. Pulsations in isolated scale melanophores of Fundulus heteroclilus occur in N/10 NaCl after treatment with N/10 BaCl2 at any temperature between 12° and 32° C. 2. Below 12° C. pulsations cease, the melanophore coming to rest in the maximally expanded state. 3. Above 32° C. pulsations also cease, the melanophore coming to rest in the punctate state. 4. Between 12° and 32° C. the extent of the pulsations decreases in a rectilinear manner with an increase in temperature. 5. Between 12° and 27° C. the rate of pulsations increases in a non-rectilinear manner with an increase in temperature. With a further rise in temperature above 27° C. there is a rapid decrease in the rate of pulsations.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
- The effect of temperature on the melanophores of fishesJournal of Experimental Zoology, 1928