
Study Finds Slick Oil Has Greater Impact than Source Oil on Fish Development
Original Story by Nilde Maggie Dannreuther and Stephanie Ellis For questions, comments or more information contact maggied@ngi.msstate.edu Scientists analyzed effects from non-weathered source oil (collected directly over the Deepwater Horizon wellhead) and weathered slick oil (collected from surface skimming) on the microRNAs of mahi-mahi embryos. MicroRNAs play a key role in regulating gene expression of messenger RNAs … Continued