High levels of fluctuating asymmetry in populations of Apodemus flavicollis from the most contaminated areas in Chornobyl

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-20

  Oleksyk, Taras K ^a,b,c   Novak, James M ^a,b   Purdue, James R ^d   Gashchak, Sergiy P ^e   Smith, Michael H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d RESEARCH AND COLLECTIONS CENTER   (United States)

^e International Radioecology Laboratory   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

137Cs; Apodemus flavicollis; Chernobyl; Chornobyl; Directional asymmetry; Fluctuating asymmetry; Geometric morphometrics; Radioces0ium; Shape; Size

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; RADIATION EFFECTS; RADIOACTIVITY; STABILITY;

DEVELOPMENTAL ASYMMETRY; FLUCTUATING ASYMMETRY (FA);

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

CESIUM 137;

CESIUM ISOTOPE; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT; POLLUTION EFFECT; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; RODENT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FLUCTUATING ASYMMETRY; GENOTYPE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR REACTOR; POPULATION; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; RADIOACTIVITY;

ACCIDENTS, RADIATION; ANIMALS; BIOMETRY; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; GENETICS, POPULATION; MALE; MURIDAE; PHENOTYPE; POWER PLANTS; RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT; SKULL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; UKRAINE;

CHERNOBYL; EASTERN EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; KIEV [UKRAINE]; UKRAINE;

ANIMALIA; APODEMUS; APODEMUS FLAVICOLLIS; PROCRUSTES;

EID: 1442323872     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2003.07.001     Document Type: Article

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