Structural-functional rearrangements in chromosome G in Chironomus riparius (Diptera, Chironomidae) collected from a heavy metal-polluted area near Turin, Italy

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 127-134

  Michailova, P ^a   Petrova, N ^b   Sella, G ^c   Ramella, L ^c   Bovero, S ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIODIVERSITY AND ECOSYSTEM RESEARCH   (Bulgaria)

^b ZOOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chironomidae; Chironomus riparius; Chromosome G; Heavy metal pollution; Pompon like chromosome

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METAL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOSOME; BALBIANI RING; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CHIRONOMIDAE; CHROMOSOME NOR; CHROMOSOME REARRANGEMENT; GENOME; ITALY; NONHUMAN; TELOMERE; WATER POLLUTION;

CHIRONOMIDAE; CHIRONOMUS RIPARIUS; DIPTERA;

EID: 0031737983     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0269-7491(98)00085-2     Document Type: Article

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