Induction of chromosomal aberrations in fish Boleophthalmus dissumieri after exposure in vivo to mitomycin C and heavy metals mercury, selenium and chromium.

doi:10.1016/0165-1218(82)90147-1

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Induction of chromosomal aberrations in fish Boleophthalmus dissumieri after exposure in vivo to mitomycin C and heavy metals mercury, selenium and chromium.

Mutation research - 1 Jan 2000

Krishnaja A P, Rege M S

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The possibilities were explored of using fish as a cytogenetic model in vivo for the detection of potential mutagens. Boleophthalmus dussumieri (2n = 46, fairly large acrocentric chromosomes), an edible mud-skipper and a widely occurring Goby along the Bombay coast, was chosen as the test species...

Topics

Animals
Antibiotics, Antineoplastic
Chromium
Chromosome Aberrations
Fishes
Mercury
Metaphase
Mitomycin
Mitomycins
Mutagens
Mutation
Organ Specificity
Selenium

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