The truncate soft-shell clam, Mya truncata, as a biomonitor of municipal wastewater exposure and historical anthropogenic impacts in the Canadian Arctic.
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DOI: 10.1139/cjfas-2021-0078
Abstract: Municipal wastewater is a large source of pollution to Canadian waters, yet its effects on Arctic marine ecosystems remains relatively unknown. We characterized the impacts of municipal wastewater from a growing northern community, Iqaluit, Nunavut… read more here.
Keywords: municipal wastewater; wastewater; soft shell; truncate soft ... See more keywords
Abstract B029: Centuries of genome instability and evolution in soft-shell clam (Mya arenaria) transmissible cancer
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DOI: 10.1158/1538-7445.canevol23-b029
Abstract: Transmissible cancers are infectious parasitic clones that metastasize to new hosts, living past the death of the founder animal in which the cancer initiated. Using genomic and transcriptomic analyses, we investigated the evolutionary history of… read more here.
Keywords: transmissible cancer; cancer; clam mya; shell clam ... See more keywords