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Evolutionary toxicology: contaminant-induced genetic mutations in mosquitofish from Sumgayit, Azerbaijan.
Ecotoxicology (London, England) - 1 Mar 2011
Rinner Brian P, Matson Cole W, Islamzadeh Arif, McDonald Thomas J, Donnelly Kirby C, Bickham John W
Abstract excerpt
This study builds on a long-term program that has shown Sumgayit, Azerbaijan to contain wetlands with high levels of a diversity of chemical contaminants. Previous contaminant and biomarker studies of turtles and frogs showed a correlation between somatic chromosomal damage and chemical contaminants at Sumgayit. The objective of this study was to determine if a recently arrived species (mosquitofish) has genetic...
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