The base composition of the krill genome and its potential susceptibility to damage by UV-B

Antarctic Science

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 23-26

  Jarman, Simon ^a   Elliott, Nicholas ^b   Nicol, Stephen ^c   McMinn, Andrew ^a   Newman, Stuart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Base composition; DNA; Euphausia superba Dana; Krill; Ozone depletion; UV B

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTIC OCEAN; BASE PAIRING; DNA ANALYSIS; DNA DAMAGE; GENOME ORGANIZATION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); EUPHAUSIA SUPERBA; EUPHAUSIACEA; INVERTEBRATA; METAZOA;

EID: 0033101831     PISSN: 09541020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0954102099000048     Document Type: Article

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