Morphometric analysis – effect of the radiofrequency interface of electromagnetic field on the size of hatched Dermacentor reticulatus larvae

" Eggs were exposed to EMF for different time periods (30, 60 and 90 minutes) in dark, electromagnetically shielded anechoic chamber. After the irradiation eggs were allowed to hatch in climatic chamber. Randomly selected 200 larval individuals were measured to get basic morphological records. Four body traits including the total body length (TBL), length of gnathosoma with scutum (GSL), the total body width (TBW), and the width of basis capituli (BCW) were measured. ... The D. reticulatus larvae hatched from eggs exposed for 60 minutes, had demonstrably larger dimensions of all measured body traits not only as a control unexposed group but also as other experimental groups." {Credits 1}

{Credits 1} 🎪 Vargová, B., Majlath, I., Kurimský, J., Cimbala, R., Pipova, N., Živčák, J. ... Majláthová, V. (2021). Morphometric analysis – effect of the radiofrequency interface of electromagnetic field on the size of hatched Dermacentor reticulatus larvae. Ann Agric Environ Med. © 2021 The Author(s). This is an open access article under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 License.