The influence of mercuric chloride on neoblast division in regenerating planarian Polycelis felina (Daly.)

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 156, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 195-210

  Kalafatić, Mirjana ^a   Kopjar, Nevenka ^b   Besendorfer, Višnja ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^b INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Croatia)

^c Faculty of Science   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

mercuric chloride; mitotic and chromosomal aberrations; neoblast division; planarian

Indexed keywords

MERCURIC CHLORIDE; MITOTIC ABNORMALITIES; NEOBLAST DIVISION;

CHROMOSOMES; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FREQUENCIES; PATIENT TREATMENT;

MERCURY COMPOUNDS;

MERCURIC CHLORIDE; TOXIC SUBSTANCE;

MICROBIOLOGY; REGENERATION; TOXICITY;

ARTICLE; BLASTEMA; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CYTOLOGY; DOSE RESPONSE; EVALUATION; MITOSIS RATE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; SPINDLE CELL; SQUASH; SURVIVAL; TURBELLARIA;

ANIMALIA; INVERTEBRATA; PLANARIA; POLYCELIS FELINA; TURBELLARIA;

EID: 4043050837     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:WATE.0000036804.06314.6e     Document Type: Article

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