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AssigneeWisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
InventorsStanley I. Dodson, Christine M. Merritt, Jonathan B. Shurin, Kristin Girvin Redman
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The invention provides a Daphnia reproductive bioassay for detecting and confirming the presence of a toxic substance in an aqueous sample, and/or for screening the substance as an endocrine disrupter. According to the assay, a test sample is brought into contact with adult, oviporous Daphnia of a single clone under conditions of crowding and growth conditions to stimulate sexual reproduction and the production of males. The bioassay is based upon the measurement of endpoints that convey quantitative information about the biological activity of the substance: survivorship, numbers of female offspring, numbers of male offspring, number of resting eggs, number of offspring that display developmental deformities or behavioral abnormalities, and nutritional status of the offspring. Also provided are kits for use in conducting the bioassay.
A bioassay for testing a sample for the presence of a chemical substance that interferes with endocrine function in an animal, comprising:
A bioassay for determining the sublethal level of toxicity of a substance, comprising:
A bioassay for determining the presence of a toxic chemical substance in a sample, comprising:
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