DNA Repair Activity and Resistance to Solar UV-B Radiation in Eggs of the Red-Legged Frog
Blaustein AR, Hoffman PD, Kiesecker JM, Hays JB. 1996. DNA Repair Activity and Resistance to Solar UV-B Radiation in Eggs of the Red-Legged Frog. Conservation Biology. 10(5)
DNA repair and resistance to solar radiation was assessed in the red-legged frog (Rana aurora). Activity of the photoreactivating enzyme, photolyase, was measured in R. aurora oocytes. Hatching success of eggs exposed and shielded from UV-B radiation was compared. Compared to other amphibians photolyase levels in R. aurora were found to be relatively high. Hatching success appeared to be unaffected by UV-B radiation.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Blaustein, Andrew; Hoffman, Peter; Kiesecker, Joseph; Hays, John
- Units
- DEVA
- Keywords
- Absence (Biodiversity), Abundance (Biodiversity), Amphibia (Amphibians), Anura (Frogs, Distribution (Biodiversity), Oregon, Photolyase activity, Population Decline, Presence (Biodiversity), range reduction, Ranid Frogs), Ranidae (True Frogs, Riparian Frogs, Taxa Links To Datasets, Taxa Links To References, Toads)