title: Utilization of phytohaemagglutinin for in vivo karyological studies in teleost fish.
abstract: A simple technique is described for increasing the number of mitoses in circulating blood and in the kidney of teleost fish. This method employed phytohaemagglutinin-P solution, a T-like cell mitogen, which was injected (1 mg/100 g body wt) intraperitoneally, and 53 h later many blasts suitable for karyological studies, blocked in metaphase, were present both in the circulating blood and in the kidney.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Comparative Anatomy, Università di Ferrara, Italy.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Baruffaldi
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Lanzara
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cucchi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002397:Catfishes; D007621:Karyotyping / Q000379:methods*; D008938:Mitosis / Q000187:drug effects; D010835:Phytohemagglutinins
chemical_list: D010835:Phytohemagglutinins