BIOLOGIYA MORYA, 2015, Vol. 41, No. 6, pp. 457-460

Analysis of marine environment quality based on determination of genotoxicity of DNA in gill cells of the Yesso Scallop, Mizuhopecten yessoensis (Jay, 1856)

© 2015 V. V. Slobodskova^1,3, S. P. Kukla¹, V. P. Chelomin^1,2

¹V.I. Il’ichev Pacific Oceanological Institute, Far Eastern Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok 690041;
²Far Eastern Federal University, Vladivostok 690950;
³A.V. Zhirmunsky Institute of Marine Biology, Far Eastern Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok 690041

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The study shows that a chronic pollution of the aquatic environment causes destructive changes in DNA molecule in gill cells of the Yesso Scallop, Mizuhopecten yessoensis.

Key words: bivalves, Mizuhopecten yessoensis, genotoxicity, DNA destruction.