Estimates of DNA strand breakage in bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) leukocytes measured with the Comet and DNA diffusion assays

Genetics and Molecular Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 367-372

  Díaz, Adriana ^a   Carro, Sandra ^a   Santiago, Livia ^a   Estévez, Juan ^a   Guevara, Celia ^b   Blanco, Miriam ^b   Sánchez, Laima ^b   Sánchez, Liena ^b   López, Nirka ^b   Cruz, Danilo ^b   Lopez, Ronar ^b   Cuetara, Elizabeth B ^c   Fuentes, Jorge Luis ^d  

^a CENTRO DE APLICACIONES TECNOLÓGICAS Y DESARROLLO NUCLEAR CEADEN   (Cuba)

^b Acuario Nacional de Cuba   (Cuba)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ONCOLOGÍA Y RADIOBIOLOGÍA   (Cuba)

^d UNIVERSIDAD INDUSTRIAL DE SANTANDER   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Comet assay; DNA diffusion assay; DNA strand breakage; Tursiops truncatus

Indexed keywords

DNA; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON DERIVATIVE;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN; COMET ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA DIFFUSION ASSAY; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTOXICITY; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALIA; TURSIOPS; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 66649114508     PISSN: 14154757     EISSN: 16784685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1415-47572009005000030     Document Type: Article

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