Likenlerde Ağir Metal Birikiminin DNA Üzerindeki Etkileri

Abstract

Today emission of heavy metals to the environment has increased by rapid industrialization, intensive
industrial activities, extensive usage of fossil fuels to obtain energy, rapid discharge of mines and increased
automobile usage. Metals, particularly heavy metals have a great impact on environmental pollution because of
their long term and destructive effects on organisms. Biological systems, especially plants and lichens are also
used effectively and successfully to detect the atmospheric pollution in beside instrumental methods. In depth
analysis by addition of molecular biological techniques to environmental pollution studies with lichen, provide
not only information about the degree of pollution in the subject area but also provide the identifi cation of the
extent of pollution levels directly from the genetic structure of living organisms .