Appearance of a genetically-based pollution resistance in a marine gastropod, Nucella lapillus, in south-west Brittany: A new case of Dumpton syndrome

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 88, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1475-1479

  Huet, M ^a   Le Goic N ^a   Gibbs, P E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE OCCIDENTALE   (France)

^b THE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Imposex; Nucella lapillus; Pollution resistance; TBT; Temporal evolution; Tributyltin

Indexed keywords

BIOINDICATOR; GASTROPOD; IMPOSEX; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MASCULINIZATION; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NEW SPECIES; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION TOLERANCE; STERILITY; TEMPORAL EVOLUTION; TRIBUTYLTIN;

BRETAGNE; FRANCE;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; GASTROPODA; NEOGASTROPODA; NUCELLA LAPILLUS;

EID: 69249137002     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315408002038     Document Type: Article

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