Using ecotoxicogenomics to evaluate the impact of chemicals on aquatic organisms |
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Authors: | Hajime Watanabe Taisen Iguchi |
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Institution: | (1) Okazaki Institute for Integrative Bioscience, National Institutes of Natural Sciences, 5-1 Higashiyama, Myodaiji, Okazaki, Aichi 444-8787, Japan |
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Abstract: | Toxicogenomics has become an important field in toxicology. Originally, toxicogenomics was intended to be used to evaluate
the risks of chemicals to humans, but the recent increase in genetic information has allowed the field to be extended to other
organisms. Ecotoxicogenomics is the application of toxicogenomics to organisms that are representative of ecosystems and is
used to study the hazardous effects of chemicals on ecosystems as well as individuals. Although, the availability of genomic
information about non-model organisms is still very limited, the application of toxicogenomics to a variety of organisms could
be a powerful tool for evaluating the effects of chemicals on ecosystems.
Physical and Chemical Impacts on Marine Organisms, a Bilateral Seminar Italy–Japan held in November 2004. |
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