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Genetic susceptibility in ecosystems: the challenge for ecotoxicology.
Environmental health perspectives - 1 Jun 1997
Evenden A J, Depledge M H
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Environmental management is inevitably complicated by the large variation in susceptibility to chemical toxicity exhibited by the living components of ecosystems, a significant proportion of which is determined by genetic factors. This paper examines the concept of genetic susceptibility in ecosystems and suggests the existence of two distinct forms reflecting genetic changes at the level of the individual and at...
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