Can Electromagnetic Fields Cause Mutations in Drosophila melanogaster Bugs?

Overview

Objectives/Goals My project was to find out if electromagnetic fields weere bad for people or any living creatures. That is why I did my experimant on non-vertatate Drosophila Melanogaster Bugs. Methods/Materials I had two Kritter Keeperswith one half of an orange in each and one half of a tomato in each. I put one vile of flies in one Kritter Keeper with two ballasts, one on each side, that gives off an electromagnetic field of 1250 miligause. I put another vile into a Kritter Keeper without an electromagnetic field. I let them live in their environment for 34 days then I took them out, and froze them, and looked at them through a microscope. Results Towards the end of the project I noticed the flies in the electromatic fields were very active. I suspected that the ofspring must have gotten used to the electromatic field's presence. There were also many more flies in the electromatic fields than in the environment. Conclusions/Discussion My conclusion os that the electromagnetic field either made the flies produced more eggs than usual, or the electromagnetic field sped up the flies' life cycle so more flies lived, reproduced, and died a lot faster than usual. That would make the many more flies that I saw when I removed the ballasts.

Competition history

• CSEF 2004 Pharmacology/ Toxicology · Entry J1427

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