Atlantic tomcod

Wirgin, I.I. and Garte, S. (1994) Assessment of environmental degradation by molecular analysis of a sentinel species Atlantic tomcod. In Molecular Environmental Biology, Garte S.J. (ed.), pp. 117—132. Lewis Publishers, Boca Raton, FL. 

Wirgin, I.I., D Amore, M., Grunwald, C., Goldman, A. and Garte, S.J. (1990) Genetic diversity an an oncogene locus and in mitochondrial DNA between populations of cancer prone Atlantic tomcod. Biochem. Genet., 28, 459 175. 

Roy, N.K. and I. Wirgin. Characterization of the aromatic hydrocarbon receptor gene and its expression in Atlantic tomcod. Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 344 373—386, 1997. 

Courtenay, S.C., C.M. Grunwald, G.-L. Kreamer, W.L. Fairchild, J.T. Arsenault, M. Ikonomou and 1.1. Wirgin. A comparison of the dose and time response of CYP1A1 mRNA induction in chemically treated Atlantic tomcod from two populations. Aquat. Toxicol. 47 43 —69, 1999. 

Roy, N.K., E. Carlson, R.C. Chambers, D.S. Cerino, D.A. Whitting and I. Wirgin. Comparison of AHR, ARNT, and AHRR expression in chemically-treated and environmentally-exposed Atlantic tomcod from three populations. Mar. Environ. Res. 58 134-135, 2004. 

Roy, N.K., S. Courtenay, G. Maxwell, Z. Yuan, R.C. Chambers and I. Wirgin. Cytochrome P4501A1 is induced by PCB 77 and benzoja Jpyrene treatment but not by exposure to the Hudson River environment in Atlantic tomcod (Microgadus tomcod) post-yolk sac larvae. Biomarkers 7 162-173, 2002. 

Roy, N.K., S. Courtenay, Z. Yuan, M. Ikonomou and I. Wirgin. An evaluation of the etiology of reduced CYP1A1 messenger RNA expression in the Atlantic tomcod from the Hudson River, New York, USA, using reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction analysis. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 20 1022-1030, 2001. 

Wirgin, I., G.L. Kreamer, C. Gmnwald, K. Squibb, S.J. Garte and S. Courtenay. Effects of prior exposure history on cytochrome P4501A mRNA induction by PCB congener 77 in Atlantic tomcod. Mar. Environ. Res. 34 103-108, 1992. 

Arsenault, J.T., W.L. Fairchild, S.B. Brown and D.C.G. Muir. Comparison of organic contaminants and hepatic retinoid and tocopherol concentrations in Atlantic tomcod from two estuaries in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. 21st Annual Aquatic Toxicity Workshop, Sarnia, ON, 1994. Can. Tech. Rep. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 2050 149, 1995. 

Wirgin, Isaac, Nirmal K. Roy, Matthew Loftus, Christopher Chambers, Diana G. Franks, and Mark E. Hahn, Mechanistic Basis of Resistance to PCBs in Atlantic Tomcod from the Hudson River, Science, 331, 1322-1325 (2011). 

Wirgin II, Grunwald C, Courtenay S, Kreamer G-L, Reichert WL, Stein JE (1994) A biomarker approach to assessing xenobiotic exposure in Atlantic tomcod from the North American Atlantic Coast. Environ Health Perspect 102 764-770. 

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