Table 1

Cell population fractions (%). Cumulative frequency distributions were examined to extract cell cycle and ploidy sub-populations. Diploid fraction corresponds to a DNA normal 2C non-cycling DNA content. Diploid S fractions have DNA content between diploid and tetraploid values. The tetraploid sub-population contains both diploid G2/M cells and tetraploid G1 cells. The cells with DNA content between tetraploid and octaploid are S-phase tetraploid cells, Octaploid DNA content cells are the G2/M cells of the tetraploid population.

Treatment

Dose (μl)

Diploid

Diploid S

Tetraploid

Tetraploid S

Octaploid

APF

10

57.27

8.72

28.76

1.54

3.72

APF

10

58.87

3.88

32.26

1.18

3.81

APF

20

58.82

4.80

30.78

1.18

4.43

APF

20

58.17

8.44

30.02

1.07

2.31

APF

50

40.11

2.23

51.40

0.56

5.71

APF

50

34.89

4.68

54.24

1.08

5.11

Mock

10

87.72

1.64

9.60

0.50

0.55

Mock

10

90.14

1.83

7.13

0.25

0.64

Mock

20

90.60

2.05

6.77

0.34

0.24

Mock

20

91.14

1.47

6.80

0.15

0.44

Mock

50

73.08

5.98

20.75

0.00

0.19

Mock

50

72.45

5.85

20.22

0.40

1.09

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