The relationship between reproductive status and metanothionein mRNA expression in the common killifish, Fundulus heteroclitus

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 97-105

  Van Cleef, Kathleen A ^a   Kaplan, Lisa A E ^b   Crivello, Joseph F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b Teikyo Post University   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomarker; Cyprinodontid; Heavy metals; Spawning

Indexed keywords

BIOINDICATOR; CHEMILUMINESCENCE; ELECTROCHEMICAL DETECTION; GILL; INTESTINE; LIVER; MESSENGER RNA; METALLOTHIONEIN; REPRODUCTIVE STATUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX DIFFERENCE;

BIOMARKER; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; REPRODUCTION;

FUNDULUS HETEROCLITUS;

EID: 0033953397     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007579718536     Document Type: Article

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