Fish are effective sentinels of pollution in the aquatic environment and are employed widely in biomonitoring and in regulatory testing to assess for health effects of chemical exposure. Molecular biomarkers of chemical exposure in fish have been used effectively for many years. The recent availability of extensive sequence information in fish, however, has facilitated the application of more extensive molecular (including whole-genome) approaches to fish toxicology. Through the application of p

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Bibliographic Information

Type: Book Chapter

Book Title: Comparative Toxicogenomics (2008)

ISBN: 978-0-444-53274-9