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Potential of the hepatic transcriptome expression profile of the striped seabream (Lithognathus mormyrus) as an environmental biomarker

ABSTRACT: The potential of an hepatic transcriptome expression profile, evaluated in a sentinel feral fish, to serve as an environmental biomarker was examined. Gene expression profiles of individuals of Lithognathus mormyrus were examined using a cDNA microarray and were correlated to the set of environmental exposure conditions at their site and date of collection. The clusters of individual gene expression profiles were reasonably related to the fish samples and several sample-specific clusters of genes, designated gene signatures of the sample, were determined. The relationship between transcriptome expression and the fish samples indicated a potential for their utilization as an environmental biomarker.

ORGANISM(S): Lithognathus mormyrus

PROVIDER: GSE22629 | GEO | 2010/10/25

SECONDARY ACCESSION(S): PRJNA128197

REPOSITORIES: GEO

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Potential of the hepatic transcriptome expression profile of the striped seabream (Lithognathus mormyrus) as an environmental biomarker

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