Genetic evidence of resistance to cadmium toxicity in wistar-imamichi rats

Journal of Health Science

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 316-318

  Shimada, Hideaki ^a   Takamure, Yasutaka ^a   Imamura, Yorishige ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cadmium; First filial progeny; Incompletely dominant phenotype; Resistance; Wistar Imamichi rat

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CROSS; HERITABILITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; RAT; RAT STRAIN; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TOXICOGENETICS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 4444259792     PISSN: 13449702     EISSN: 13475207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1248/jhs.49.316     Document Type: Article

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