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Response of fluctuating asymmetry to arsenic toxicity: support for the developmental selection hypothesis.
Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987) - 1 Jan 2002
Polak Michal, Opoka Robert, Cartwright Iain L
Abstract excerpt
The effect of exposure to sodium arsenite during development was tested on adult fluctuating asymmetry (FA) in sternopleural bristle number, bristle number, body size and survivorship in Drosophila melanogaster. Three genetic strains of flies were used, CT-106, PVM and Oregon-R, and arsenite concentrations ranged from relatively mild, sub-lethal doses, to concentrations with pronounced negative effects on...
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