DEVELOPMENTAL STABILITY OF THE MINK MUSTELA-VISON UNDER THE IMPACT OFPCB

Authors
BORISOV VI BARANOV AS VALETSKY AV ZAKHAROV VM
Citation
Vi. Borisov et al., DEVELOPMENTAL STABILITY OF THE MINK MUSTELA-VISON UNDER THE IMPACT OFPCB, Acta Theriologica, 1997, pp. 17-26
Citations number
35
Categorie Soggetti
Zoology
Journal title
Acta Theriologica → ACNP
ISSN journal
00017051
Year of publication
1997
Supplement
4
Pages
17 - 26
Database
ISI
SICI code
0001-7051(1997):<17:DSOTMM>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
Females of the American mink Mustela vison Schreber, 1777 were fed on various fractions of commercial PCB. Developmental stability of their progeny was studied. Developmental stability was measured by the value of fluctuating asymmetry, and the frequency of phenodeviants of osteo logical and dermatoglyphic characters. All these measures proved to be significantly higher in the experimental intoxicated groups than in t he control group, thus indicating deterioration of developmental stabi lity from PCB.