Mitochondrial DNA reveals cryptic oligochaete species differing in cadmium resistance

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 967-974

  Sturmbauer, Christian ^b   Opadiya, Gbadebo B ^b   Niederstätter, Harald ^b   Riedmann, Angela ^b   Dallinger, Reinhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b NONE

Author keywords

16S rDNA; Cadmium toxicity; Genotype screening; Polymerase chain reaction; Tubifex; Tubificidae

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA;

ANNELID WORM; ARTICLE; BENTHOS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC RESISTANCE; LD 50; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANNELIDA; INVERTEBRATA; OLIGOCHAETA (METAZOA); TUBIFEX; TUBIFEX TUBIFEX; TUBIFICIDAE;

EID: 0033010427     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a026186     Document Type: Article

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