Genetic diversity of Clethrionomys glareolus populations from highly contaminated sites in the Chornobyl region, Ukraine

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 2130-2135

  Matson, Cole W ^a   Rodgers, Brenda E ^a   Chesser, Ronald K ^b   Baker, Robert J ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chornobyl; Clethrionomys; Evolutionary toxicology; Population genetics; Radiation

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; GENETIC VARIATION; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; RODENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; BIODIVERSITY; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; EVOLUTION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MUTATION RATE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; VOLE;

UKRAINE;

ANIMALIA; CLETHRIONOMYS; CLETHRIONOMYS GLAREOLUS; MURIDAE; RODENTIA;

EID: 0033908454     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.5620190824     Document Type: Article

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