Response of fluctuating asymmetry to arsenic toxicity: Support for the developmental selection hypothesis

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 19-28

  Polak, Michal ^a   Opoka, Robert ^b   Cartwright, Iain L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Biomonitoring; Environmental stress; Fluctuating asymmetry; Genotype x environment interaction

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

FLUCTUATING ASYMMETRY (FS);

TOXICITY;

ARSENIC; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ARSENIC; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FLUCTUATING ASYMMETRY; FLY; SURVIVORSHIP; TOXICITY;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BODY SIZE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STABILITY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FLUCTUATING ASYMMETRY; FLY; GENETIC STRAIN; GENOTYPE; HYPOTHESIS; LETHAL DOSE; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; STRESS; TOXICITY;

ANIMALS; ARSENIC; BODY CONSTITUTION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GENOTYPE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELECTION (GENETICS); SURVIVAL;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER; POTATO VIRUS M;

EID: 0036164627     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0269-7491(01)00281-0     Document Type: Article

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