Whales Use Distinct Strategies to Counteract Solar Ultraviolet Radiation

A current threat to the marine ecosystem is the high level of solar ultraviolet radiation (UV). Large whales have recently been shown to suffer sun-induced skin damage from continuous UV exposure. Genotoxic consequences of such exposure remain unknown for these long-lived marine species, as does the...

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Autores principales: Martinez-Levasseur, Laura M., Birch-Machin, Mark A., Bowman, Amy, Gendron, Diane, Weatherhead, Elizabeth, Knell, Robert J., Acevedo-Whitehouse, Karina
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3757271/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23989080
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep02386

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3757271/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23989080
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep02386

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