The phenotypic and behavioral defects can be transferred from zinc-exposed nematodes to their progeny

Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 223-230

  Wang, Dayong ^a,b   Shen, Lulu ^a,b   Wang, Yang ^a,b  

^a SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

Author keywords

C. elegans; Multiple toxicity; Transferable property; Zinc toxicity

Indexed keywords

ZINC;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHEMOTAXIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENT; LIFESPAN; LOCOMOTION; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FOLDING; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; NEMATODA;

EID: 34648831239     PISSN: 13826689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.etap.2007.05.009     Document Type: Article

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