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Effect of sublethal concentrations of sumithion on limb regeneration of fresh water field crabOziotelphusa senex senex

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The initiation and progress of regeneration following the removal of the left 4th walking leg were altered in the crab (Oziotelphusa senex senex) by exposure to sumithion. Depending on the concentration used, sumithion caused a complete inhibition of regeneration, a delay of initiation of limb bud development or a reduction of limb bud growth rate. Crustacean limb regenration can also be used as a sensitive bioassay for studying the effects of environmental pollutants.

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  1. Department of Zoology, Sri Venkateswara University, 517 502, Tirupati, A.P, India

    P. Sreenivasula Reddy, A. Bhagyalakshmi & R. Ramamurthi

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Acknowledgments. We are thankful to Rallis India Ltd (Bangalore) for providing us technical grade sumithion. We wish to express our gratitude to CSIR, New Delhi for providing financial support to PSR. Reprint requests should be addressed to RR.

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Sreenivasula Reddy, P., Bhagyalakshmi, A. & Ramamurthi, R. Effect of sublethal concentrations of sumithion on limb regeneration of fresh water field crabOziotelphusa senex senex. Experientia 39, 1380–1381 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01990113

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