The Mitotic Activity of Norway Spruce Polyembryonic Culture Oscillates During the Synodic Lunar Cycle

Author: Vlašínová H.   Mikulecký M.   Havel L.  

Publisher: Springer Publishing Company

ISSN: 0006-3134

Source: Biologia Plantarum, Vol.47, Iss.3, 2003-11, pp. : 475-476

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Abstract

The present paper tests the hypothesis, that a periodic fluctuation of mitotic activity of the embryonal tissue of the Norway spruce (Picea abies</i> (L.) Karst.) is synchronnous with synodic lunar cycling. The increased mitotic index (MI) was observed under full moon, and the decreased MI around the first and third quarter.

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