Genotoxic effects of the fungicide thiophanate-methyl on Podarcis sicula assessed by micronucleus test, comet assay and chromosome analysis

Ecotoxicology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 885-891

  Capriglione, T ^a   De Iorio, S ^b   Gay, F ^a   Capaldo, A ^a   Vaccaro, M C ^a   Morescalchi, M A ^b   Laforgia, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Comet assay; Environmental stress; Genotoxicity; Micronucleus test; Podarcis sicula; Thiophanate methyl

Indexed keywords

THIOPHANATE METHYL;

CHROMOSOME; ELECTROKINESIS; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FUNGICIDE; GENOMICS; GENOTOXICITY; PESTICIDE; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CENTROMERE; CEPHALOMETRY; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME SATELLITE; COMET ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GENOTOXICITY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIZARD; MALE; MICRONUCLEUS; MICRONUCLEUS TEST; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; PODACRIS SICULA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; COMET ASSAY; FUNGICIDES, INDUSTRIAL; LIZARDS; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS; MUTAGENS; THIOPHANATE;

ANIMALIA; LACERTIDAE; PODARCIS SICULA; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 79955915465     PISSN: 09639292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10646-011-0655-8     Document Type: Article

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