Mussel micronucleus cytome assay

Nature Protocols

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1125-1137

  Bolognesi, Claudia ^a   Fenech, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIVALVE; BLOOD CELL; CYTOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GILL; METHODOLOGY; MICRONUCLEUS TEST;

ANIMALS; BIVALVIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GILLS; HEMOCYTES; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS;

EID: 84865808992     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2012.043     Document Type: Article

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