Environmental pollution affects genetic diversity in wild bird populations.

doi:10.1016/j.mrgentox.2006.04.021

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Environmental pollution affects genetic diversity in wild bird populations.

Mutation research - 19 Sept 2006

Eeva Tapio, Belskii Eugen, Kuranov Boris

Abstract excerpt

Many common environmental pollutants, together with nuclear radiation, are recognized as genotoxic. There is, however, very little information on pollution-related genetic effects on free-living animal populations, especially in terrestrial ecosystems. We investigated whether genetic diversity in two small insectivorous passerines, the great tit (Parus major) and the pied flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca), was...

Topics

Animals
Animals, Newborn
Animals, Wild
Base Sequence
DNA
DNA, Mitochondrial
Environmental Pollutants
Feathers
Genetic Variation
Haplotypes
Metals, Heavy
Passeriformes
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Radioactive Pollutants

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PMID: 16807076
DOI: 10.1016/j.mrgentox.2006.04.021

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