Fish with Insensative Dioxin Receptor Survive in PCB Polluted HudsonRiver
jay wrote:
Wirgin explains, it was a surprise that they could accumulate such
hefty contamination without becoming poisoned. His team now reports
that the tomcod’s protection traces to a single mutation in one gene.
The gene is responsible for producing a receptor protein needed to
unleash the pollutants’ toxicity.
Great news! Now that we know the gene, we can get it too.
Dioxin won't be considered a toxin anymore.
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