Cytogenetic alterations in prodiamesinae species (Diptera, Chironomidae) from different polluted regions

Folia Biologica

Volumn 51, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 69-79

  Michailova, Paraskeva V ^a   Ilkova, Julia ^a   White, Keith ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIODIVERSITY AND ECOSYSTEM RESEARCH   (Bulgaria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chromosome alterations; Deformities; Prodiamesa; Puffs; Somatic aberrations

Indexed keywords

TRACE METAL;

ARTICLE; CHIRONOMIDAE; CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME ARM; CYTOGENETICS; GENOTOXICITY; HETEROZYGOSITY; NONHUMAN; PRODIAMESINAE; SALIVARY GLAND; TELOMERE; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; CHIRONOMIDAE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; DNA DAMAGE; GENOME; LARVA; METALS, HEAVY; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; WATER POLLUTANTS;

CHIRONOMIDAE; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; NEPTUNIA; PRODIAMESA; PRODIAMESA OLIVACEA; PRODIAMESINAE;

EID: 10744223793     PISSN: 00155497     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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