Impacts of Life-Time Exposure of Arsenic, Cadmium and Fluoranthene on the Earthworms’ L. rubellus Global DNA Methylation as Detected by msAFLP

Year

2022

Modality

methylation

Species

Lumbricus rubellus

Publication Details

DOI: 10.3390/genes13050770

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Species: Lumbricus rubellus

Authors: Ilze Rasnaca; Peter Kille; Lindsay K. Newbold; David J. Spurgeon

Abstract Excerpt: This study reports on the effects of long-term exposure to the metals arsenic (As), cadmium (Cd) and the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon fluoranthene on the survival, growth, development and DNA methylation status of the earthworm Lumbricus rubellus. Exposures to the three chemi… Show more

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Related Species

  • Lumbricus rubellus

Study Records

Order Family Species Modality Tissue Stage
Crassiclitellata Lumbricidae Lumbricus rubellus methylation whole body adult chronic exposure