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. 2017 Aug 22;18(8):1815. doi: 10.3390/ijms18081815

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Time course of the onset of molecular (red), cellular (green) and tissue-specific alterations (blue) in Littorina littorea exposed to sub-lethal low (CdL) (A) and high (CdH) (B) Cd concentrations through 21 days of exposure, followed by a 12 days period of recovery. Abbreviations: MT mRNA: MT mRNA copy numbers, Vv_LYS: Volume Density of lysosomes in digestive cells of midgut gland tubules, DCI: Digestive cell integrity of midgut gland tubules; CTCA: presence of connective tissue calcium cells in the midgut gland, V_VBAS: Volume density of basophilic cells in the epithelium of midgut gland tubules, DTI: Digestive tract integrity. CTDr: Connective tissue to digestive tubule ratio.