{"title":"Cell fusion by simulated atmospheric discharges: further support for the hypothesis of involvement of electrofusion in evolution.","authors":"G Küppers, K J Diederich, U Zimmermann","doi":"10.1515/znc-1984-9-1018","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Electrofusion of mesophyll cell protoplasts of Avena sativa was induced by simulated atmospheric discharges. It is shown both experimentally and theoretically that the potential differences which occur at quite long distances from the point of lightning stroke are large enough to induce fusion. Besides electromagnetic waves which are emitted during lightning (G. Küppers and U. Zimmermann, FEBS Lett. 164, 323 (1983] cell fusion may have also occurred directly by means of the voltage built-up on the earth during evolution in response to a lightning stroke.</p>","PeriodicalId":23914,"journal":{"name":"Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung. Section C, Biosciences","volume":"39 9-10","pages":"973-80"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1984-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1515/znc-1984-9-1018","citationCount":"6","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung. Section C, Biosciences","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1515/znc-1984-9-1018","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Electrofusion of mesophyll cell protoplasts of Avena sativa was induced by simulated atmospheric discharges. It is shown both experimentally and theoretically that the potential differences which occur at quite long distances from the point of lightning stroke are large enough to induce fusion. Besides electromagnetic waves which are emitted during lightning (G. Küppers and U. Zimmermann, FEBS Lett. 164, 323 (1983] cell fusion may have also occurred directly by means of the voltage built-up on the earth during evolution in response to a lightning stroke.
用模拟大气放电诱导玉米叶肉细胞原生质体电融合。实验和理论都表明,在距离雷击点相当远的地方产生的电位差足以引起核聚变。除了闪电期间发射的电磁波(G. k ppers和U. Zimmermann, FEBS Lett. 164, 323(1983))外,细胞融合也可能直接发生在响应雷击的进化过程中,通过在地球上积累的电压。