Mutation load in natural populations of the sensitive fern Onoclea sensibilis exposed to soil mutagens

Ecological Applications

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 124-137

  Schoen, Daniel J ^a   Brownstein, John S ^a,b   White, Paul A ^a,c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Conservation genetics; Environmental mutagenesis; Mutational meltdown; Soil mutagens; St. Lawrence River

Indexed keywords

FERN; FLOODPLAIN; MUTAGENICITY; SOIL POLLUTION;

CANADA; MONTREAL; QUEBEC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; EUKARYOTA; FILICOPHYTA; MAMMALIA; ONOCLEA SENSIBILIS; PTERIDOPHYTA; SALMONELLA;

EID: 0036160084     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(2002)012[0124:MLINPO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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