Elevated frequency of abnormalities in barn swallows from Chernobyl

Biology Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 414-417

  Moller A P ^a   Mousseau, T A ^b   De Lope, F ^c   Saino, N ^d  

^a Laboratoire de Parasitologie Evolutive CNRS UMR 7103 UFR 927   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hirundo rustica; Mutation; Radiation; Viability

Indexed keywords

ABNORMALITY; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; HOMINID; MORPHOLOGY; MUTATION; PASSERINE; POLLUTION EFFECT; RADIATION DAMAGE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; VIABILITY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BARN SWALLOW; BIRD; BIRTH DEFECT; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPOTHESIS; MORPHOLOGY; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION INJURY; STRESS; UKRAINE; AIR SAC; ALBINISM; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BEAK; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; FEATHER; RADIATION ACCIDENT; SWALLOW (BIRD); TAIL;

ANIMALIA; HIRUNDO; HIRUNDO RUSTICA;

ABNORMALITIES, RADIATION-INDUCED; ACCIDENTS, RADIATION; AIR SACS; ALBINISM; ANIMALS; BEAK; CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; FEATHERS; SWALLOWS; TAIL; UKRAINE;

EID: 35248898819     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2007.0136     Document Type: Article

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