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Article #7182Re: Frog declines indication of ozone depletion
From: Robert Granholm
Date: Mon, 10 Apr 1995 00:00
Date: Mon, 10 Apr 1995 00:00
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In article <3m46e9$36f@triton.unm.edu> mycol1@unm.edu (Bryant) writes: >From: mycol1@unm.edu (Bryant) >Subject: Re: Frog declines indication of ozone depletion >Date: 7 Apr 1995 14:14:01 -0600 >Hence, the research suggests that the sensitivity of frog eggs, in water, >to UV radiation is high. Note that the species are ones that lay eggs in >shallow water and have low levels of ligase (?been a while since >genetics; I mean the DNA repair enzyme that corrects UV damage). Hence, >a very viable hypothesis for their decline is increased exposure to UV. The authors indentified the agent photolyase as the problem- shortage of this, and UV exposure can be lethal.
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10607c,25abf7f79976320a X-Google-Attributes: gid10607c,public X-Google-Thread: fb58e,25abf7f79976320a X-Google-Attributes: gidfb58e,public X-Google-Thread: 10df74,25abf7f79976320a X-Google-Attributes: gid10df74,public From: granholm@direct.ca (Robert Granholm) Subject: Re: Frog declines indication of ozone depletion Date: 1995/04/10 Message-ID: <granholm.33.2F88760B@direct.ca> X-Deja-AN: 100271902 references: <granholm.19.2F7DC160@direct.ca> <3m3g3n$p0k@server.st.usm.edu> <3m46e9$36f@triton.unm.edu> organization: Frontiers newsgroups: ca.environment,sci.environment,talk.environment