The Effect of Magnetic Fields on the Regeneration of Dugesia dorotocephala
School Name
Spring Valley High School
Grade Level
10th Grade
Presentation Topic
Zoology
Presentation Type
Non-Mentored
Abstract
Planaria have recently been a way to answer some of the questions that come behind their regeneration abilities. Particularly, the main focus of this research is to see if there is a correlation between stronger magnetic field strengths and the regeneration of planarian. This would possibly lead to magnetic fields being used in the therapeutic processes for brain tissue repair in humans. The hypothesis for this research states that if planaria that have been bisected are subjected to stronger magnetic field strengths, more regeneration will take place at the bisected area. Each planaria was taken out of their separate petri dishes and bisected with equal portions of anterior to posterior and then the length was recorded for comparison to the final. There were 4 groups of 25, 3 of increasing magnetic strengths and one with no manipulation. After a week, the lengths were measured again and recorded. This data was run through an Anova test to compare the means. The Anova Test showed that there was at least one significant difference in the variables meaning that the p value was lower than 0.001. This means that it was lower than that of the alpha value of 0.05 which allowed for the null hypothesis to be rejected which shows that there was a significant relationship between two of the previously stated variables.
Recommended Citation
Jeffcoat, Jonathan, "The Effect of Magnetic Fields on the Regeneration of Dugesia dorotocephala" (2020). South Carolina Junior Academy of Science. 154.
https://scholarexchange.furman.edu/scjas/2020/all/154
Location
Furman Hall 119
Start Date
3-28-2020 10:15 AM
Presentation Format
Oral and Written
Group Project
No
The Effect of Magnetic Fields on the Regeneration of Dugesia dorotocephala
Furman Hall 119
Planaria have recently been a way to answer some of the questions that come behind their regeneration abilities. Particularly, the main focus of this research is to see if there is a correlation between stronger magnetic field strengths and the regeneration of planarian. This would possibly lead to magnetic fields being used in the therapeutic processes for brain tissue repair in humans. The hypothesis for this research states that if planaria that have been bisected are subjected to stronger magnetic field strengths, more regeneration will take place at the bisected area. Each planaria was taken out of their separate petri dishes and bisected with equal portions of anterior to posterior and then the length was recorded for comparison to the final. There were 4 groups of 25, 3 of increasing magnetic strengths and one with no manipulation. After a week, the lengths were measured again and recorded. This data was run through an Anova test to compare the means. The Anova Test showed that there was at least one significant difference in the variables meaning that the p value was lower than 0.001. This means that it was lower than that of the alpha value of 0.05 which allowed for the null hypothesis to be rejected which shows that there was a significant relationship between two of the previously stated variables.
