Urbanization, oxidative stress and inflammation: A question of evolving, acclimatizing or coping with urban environmental stress

Functional Ecology

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 913-923

  Isaksson, Caroline ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

DNA methylation; Epigenetics; Inflammation; Oxidative stress; Pollution; Reactive oxygen species; Single nucleotide polymorphism; Vertebrate

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATION; DNA; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FITNESS; GENE EXPRESSION; LOCAL ADAPTATION; OXIDATION; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POLLUTION TOLERANCE; POLYMORPHISM; POPULATION GENETICS; URBAN ECOSYSTEM; URBANIZATION; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84935481700     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.12477     Document Type: Article

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