Table 1

Correlation between magnetic field effects and the JC presence in eggs or embryos
Magnetic field effects and jelly coat
Fielda
 Magnetb
 Jelly removed
 Effect
 Ref.
0
no
 no
 [4]
0.25
no
 no
 [8]
1.0
yes and no#
 more embryos abnormal
 [6]
1.5
no
 no
 [9]
6.34
yesc
 no
 [10]
8
no
 no
 [11]
17
yes
 cleavage plane reorientation
 [7]

aMaximal field strength in T

bTypes of magnets: E = electromagnet; SC = superconductor. Superscripts denote the application of field gradients, subscripts indicate radiofrequency pulsing as in magnetic resonance experiments.

# The experiments were mainly performed on cysteine-dejellied eggs but jelly-coated embryos were mentioned to give essentially the same results.

cEggs were dejellied not immediately after fertilization but about 1 h later. Description is ambiguous on whether field exposure started before or after dejellying.

Mietchen et al. BioMagnetic Research and Technology 2005 3:2   doi:10.1186/1477-044X-3-2