Los felinos: ¿Una alternativa en estudios de toxicología genética?

• Main Authors: Zamora Pérez, Ana, C. Gómez Meda, Belinda, L. Ramos Ibarra, María, M. Batista González, Cecilia, Luna Aguirre, Jaime, González Rodriguez, Andrés, L. Rodríguez Ávila, José, M. Zúñiga González, Guillermo
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Spanish
• Published: Universidad de Costa Rica 2008
• Subjects: Felinos; micronúcleos; bioindicador; genotoxicidad; eritrocitos; sangre periférica; Felines; micronuclei; biomonitor; genotoxicity; erythrocytes; peripheral blood; Gato; Leopardo; Tigre; Lince; Lynx
• Online Access: https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rbt/article/view/5638; https://doi.org/10.15517/rbt.v56i2.5638

The micronuclei (MN) test carry out in peripheral blood is fast, simple, economic and it is used to detect genotoxic environmental agents. MN are frag-ments of chromosomes or complete chromosomes remaining in the cytoplasm after cell division, which increase when organisms are exposed to genotoxic a...