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Responses of the CYP1A biomarker in Jenynsia multidentata and Phalloceros caudimaculatus and evaluation of a CYP1A refractory phenotype.
Chemosphere - 1 Feb 2016
Chivittz Cíntia C, Pinto Debora P, Ferreira Roger S, Sopezki Mauricio da S, Fillmann Gilberto, Zanette Juliano
Abstract excerpt
The level of cytochrome P450 1A (CYP1A) in fish is used as a typical environmental biomarker for the presence of organic contaminants. We used RT-qPCR to investigate CYP1A mRNA levels in the liver, gill and gonopodium of guppies Jenynsia multidentata and Phalloceros caudimaculatus in wetlands within the Rio Grande city (RG) which is under the influence of the Patos Lagoon Estuary (RS, Brazil). The CYP1A mRNA...
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