The aquatic resource is the major part of our environment, therefore its safety is directly related to our health. In this study, fresh water fish Channa punctatus was taken as a test model to estimate water pollution using micronucleus (MN) assay. The test has been used successfully as a mutagenic assay. The fish was exposed in vivo to three different concentrations (MC, MC/2 and MC/5) of two pesticides (Chlorpyriphos and Malathion) at different time periods (5,10,15,20,25days).Peripheral blood samples smears were stained with Giemsa , MN frequencies were counted and statistically analysed. Result from this study recommends the use of the micronucleus test in fish erythrocyte as a sensitive indicator for evaluation and assessment of aquatic pollution
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Kumar, S. P. (2012). Micronucleus assay : a sensitive indicator for aquatic pollution. International Journal of Research in BioScinces, 1(2), 32–37.
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