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THE modifying effects of temperature on various kinds of radiation injury has attracted considerable interest, and experiments have included studies with ultra-violet light on Paramecium1, and with X-rays on human skin2, eggs of Ascaris3 and Paramecium4. In recent studies5 of tolerance to X-rays and to heat in the chalcid, Dahlbominus fuscipennis (Zett.), killing by these two agents was found to be similar in a number of respects; thus, there is reason to believe that at least a part of the mechanism of killing by heat and by X-rays may be the same for both agents. This communication describes some experiments on the interaction of heat and X-rays in causing death in D. fuscipennis.
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BALDWIN, W., NARRAWAY, C. Interaction of Heat and X-Rays in killing a Chalcid. Nature 179, 971–972 (1957). https://doi.org/10.1038/179971a0
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