Genetic ecotoxicology: The genotypic diversity approach

Organismal responses at the genetic level to exposure to environmental genotoxicants have been well documented. An elucidation of the molecular mechanisms involved with these responses, as well as an assessment of the changes that may occur to the genetic material, will provide an understanding of the potential for deleterious consequences at higher levels of biological organization. Moreover, modem procedures of molecular biology offer the hope that alterations and changes to genetic material can be readily detected.