Contaminant driven genetic erosion and associated hypotheses on alleles loss, reduced population growth rate and increased susceptibility to future stressors: An essay

Ecotoxicology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 889-899

  Ribeiro, Rui ^a   Lopes, Isabel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Evolutionary ecotoxicology; Genetic diversity; Inversely sensitive genotype; Microevolution; Resistance tolerance

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; COPPER; DELTAMETHRIN; ZINC;

ECOTOXICOLOGY; EROSION; EVOLUTION; GENOTYPE; GROWTH RATE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; POLLUTION EFFECT; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION SIZE;

ARTICLE; BOTTLENECK POPULATION; CLONAL VARIATION; CONTAMINANT DRIVEN GENETIC EROSION HYPOTHESIS; DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA LONGISPINA; DIFFERENTIAL PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY HYPOTHESIS; DIFFERENTIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL RECOVERY HYPOTHESIS; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENDPOINTS ASSOCIATION HYPOTHESIS; ENDPOINTS DISSOCIATION HYPOTHESIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FITNESS COSTS HYPOTHESIS; GENE LOSS; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC EROSION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTOXICITY; HYPOTHESIS; LETHALITY; METAL TOLERANCE; MULTIPLE STRESSORS DIFFERENTIAL TOLERANCE HYPOTHESIS; MUTATIONAL LOAD HYPOTHESIS; NONHUMAN; PLUS CA CHANGE HYPOTHESIS; POPULATION GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECESSIVE TOLERANCE INHERITANCE HYPOTHESIS; REDUCED POPULATION GROWTH RATE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC FITNESS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; LOSS OF HETEROZYGOSITY; MUTATION;

EID: 84880306028     PISSN: 09639292     EISSN: 15733017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10646-013-1070-0     Document Type: Article

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