Effects of chemical contaminants on genetic diversity in natural populations: Implications for biomonitoring and ecotoxicology

Mutation Research - Reviews in Mutation Research

Volumn 463, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 33-51

  Bickham, John W ^a   Sandhu, Shabeg ^b   Hebert, Paul D N ^c   Chikhi, Lounes ^d   Athwal, Raghbir ^e  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^d INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^e TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical contaminants; Evolutionary toxicology; Genetic diversity; Natural population

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; ECOTOXICOLOGY; EVOLUTION; FISH; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HUMAN; LION; MUTATION RATE; NATURAL POPULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; REVIEW;

EID: 0034214289     PISSN: 13835742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1383-5742(00)00004-1     Document Type: Article

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