Title:

Developmental stability of the mink Mustela vison under the impact of PCB

Creator:

Borisov, V. I. ; Baranov, A. S. ; Valetsky, A. V. ; Zakharov, V. M.

Place of publishing:

Białowieża

Date issued/created:

1997

Description:

Females of the American mink Mustela vison Schreber, 1777 were fed on various fractions of comercial PCB. Developmental stability of their progeny was studied. Developmental stability was measured by the value of fluctuating asymmetry, and the frequency of phenodeviants of osteological and dermatoglyphic characters. All these measures proved to be significantly higher in the experimental intoxicated groups than in the control group, thus indicating deterioration of developmental stability from PCB.

Type of object:

Journal/Article

Subject and Keywords:

developmental stability ; environmental stress hypothesis ; fluctuating asymmetry ; mink ; Mustela vison ; non-metric traits ; Norka amerykańska

Relation:

Acta Theriologica

Volume:

42

Issue:

Suppl. 4

Start page:

17

End page:

26

Resource type:

Text

Detailed Resource Type:

Article

Format:

application/pdf

Resource Identifier:

10.4098/AT.arch.97-42

Source:

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Language:

eng ; Sum. eng.

Rights:

Rights Reserved - Free Access

Terms of use:

Copyright-protected material. May be used within the limits of statutory user freedoms

Digitizing institution:

Mammal Research Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Original in:

Library of the Mammal Research Institute Polish Academy of Sciences

Projects co-financed by:

Programme Innovative Economy, 2010-2014, Priority Axis 2. R&D infrastructure ; European Union. European Regional Development Fund

Access:

Open