Rapid Loss of Genetically Based Resistance to Metals after the Cleanup of a Superfund Site

Over the period 1953-1979, a battery factory on the Hudson River in New York released ≈53 tons of cadmium (Cd) and nickel hydride wastes into Foundry Cove. The most common aquatic benthic species, the oligochaete Limnodrilus hoffmeisteri, rapidly evolved resistance to Cd. The capacity for detoxifica...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS 2003-08, Vol.100 (17), p.9889-9891
Hauptverfasser:	Levinton, Jeffrey S., Suatoni, E., Wallace, William, Junkins, Ruth, Kelaher, Brendan, Allen, Bengt J.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Animals Biological Sciences Cadmium - toxicity Drug Resistance - genetics Ecological genetics Ecosystem Environmental cleanup Environmental remediation Evolution Evolutionary genetics Foundries Freshwater Genetics Genotypes Inlets Metals Mortality New York Oligochaeta - drug effects Oligochaeta - genetics Sediments United States United States Environmental Protection Agency Water Pollutants, Chemical - toxicity Water Pollution, Chemical Worms
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