Polychlorinated biphenyl contamination and minisatellite DNA mutation rates of tree swallows

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 2263-2267

  Stapleton, Mary ^a   Dunn, Peter O ^a   McCarty, John ^b   Secord, Anne ^c   Whittingham, Linda A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b Bldg 142   (United States)

^c U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hudson river; Mutation rate; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Tree swallow

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CONTAMINATION; RIVERS; TISSUE;

TREE SWALLOWS;

DNA;

DNA MINISATELLITE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

PCB;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FINGERPRINTING; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; SONGBIRDS;

ANIMALIA; AVES; HIRUNDINIDAE; TACHYCINETA; TACHYCINETA BICOLOR;

EID: 0035657408     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.5620201019     Document Type: Article

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