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The effects of weak combined magnetic fields adjusted to the parametric resonance for Ca2+ and K+ and extremely weak alternating magnetic field on the metamorphosis of the mealworm beetle Tenebrio molitor have been studied. It was shown that the exposure of pupas of insects to all above-indicated types of fields stimulates the metamorphosis. However, after the exposure to weak combined magnetic fields adjusted to the parametric resonance for Ca2+ and K+, the number of insects with anomalies increases, which is not observed by the action of the weak alternating magnetic field.
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Original Russian Text © A.M. Ermakov, V.V. Lednev, 2010, published in Biofizika, 2010, Vol. 55, No. 4, pp. 715–719.
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Ermakov, A.M., Lednev, V.V. Effect of weak combined magnetic fields on the metamorphosis of the mealworm beetle Tenebrio molitor . BIOPHYSICS 55, 633–636 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0006350910040214
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