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Rapid genetic erosion in pollutant-exposed experimental chironomid populations.
Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987) - 1 Mar 2009
Nowak Carsten, Vogt Christian, Pfenninger Markus, Schwenk Klaus, Oehlmann Jörg, Streit Bruno, Oetken Matthias
Abstract excerpt
Few studies have evaluated how effectively environmental contamination may reduce genetic diversity of a population. Here, we chose a laboratory approach in order to test if tributyltin (TBT) exposure at environmentally relevant concentrations leads to reduced genetic variation in the midge Chironomus riparius. Two TBT-exposed and two unexposed experimental populations were reared simultaneously in the laboratory...
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