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Wolbachia Infection Decreased the Resistance of Drosophila to Lead
BACKGROUND: The heavy metal lead has been shown to be associated with a genotoxic risk. Drosophila melanogaster is a model organism commonly utilized in genetic toxicology testing. The endosymbionts — Wolbachia are now very common in both wild populations and laboratory stocks of Drosophila. Wolbach...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2012
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3293831/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22403688 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0032643 |