Biomarkers of DNA damage in marine mammals

Mutation Research - Genetic Toxicology and Environmental Mutagenesis

Volumn 444, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 427-439

  Gauthier, J M ^a   Dubeau, H ^a   Rassart, É ^a   Jarman, W M ^b   Wells, R S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b University of Utah   (United States)

^c Chicago Zoological Society   (United States)

Author keywords

Beluga whale; Biomarker; Bottlenose dolphin; Chromosome aberration; Grey seal; Harp seal; Micronuclei; Sister chromatid exchange

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; DOLPHIN; FEMALE; LYMPHOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEAL; SISTER CHROMATID EXCHANGE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; WHALE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; DNA DAMAGE; DOLPHINS; FEMALE; MALE; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS; SEALS, EARLESS; SISTER CHROMATID EXCHANGE; WHALES;

EID: 0032881740     PISSN: 13835718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1383-5718(99)00106-0     Document Type: Article

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