Aspectos relevantes sobre el test de micronúcleos en aves

Abstract

Abstract: Birds have been recognized as bioindicators of changes or alterations in the environment in where they occur, this is based on their ease of detection, extensive knowledge of their natural history and relative ease of sampling. Currently, among the tools used to measuring the damage caused by anthropogenic activities, both in natural and urban environments, is the use of genotoxicity tests, with the micronucleus test being one of the most widely used techniques, for its low cost and ease of work both in the field and in the laboratory. In the present work carries out the analysis of the use of this test in different locations, based on a literature review exhaustive in indexed databases such as Scopus and Web Of Science. 56 were registered studies in which micronucleus analysis has been used for various purposes, 101 species They have data on this type of affectation. The species Gallus gallus and Passer domesticus, the first a domestic species and the second a wild species, are the most used in this type of analysis. This bibliographic review establishes the usefulness of this analysis as a diagnostic test valuable environmental alteration in different types of environments.