Genetics of radionuclide-contaminated mosquitofish populations and homology between Gambusia affinis and G. Holbrooki

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1992-1998

  Theodorakis, Christopher W ^a   Bickham, John W ^a   Elbl, Tricia ^b   Shugart, Lee R ^c   Chesser, Ronald K ^d  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c LR Shugart and Associates Inc   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolutionary toxicology; Gambusia; Population genetics; Radiation; Randomly amplified polymorphic DNA

Indexed keywords

RADIOISOTOPE; XENOBIOTIC AGENT;

FISH; GENETIC STRUCTURE; POLLUTION EFFECT; RADIONUCLIDE;

ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; FISH; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; WATER CONTAMINATION;

EID: 0031706433     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(1998)017<1992:GORCMP>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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