Ecotoxicogenomics——the New Challenge of Ecotoxicology in the Post-Genomic Era
生态毒理基因组学——后基因组时代生态毒理学的新领域

Ecotoxicogenomics is the integration of genomics, proteomics and metabolomics. It primarily studies gene and protein expression in non-target organisms which are important in responses to environmental toxicant exposures. Ecotoxicogenomics not only paves the way for a better understanding of the mechanisms of disease and toxicity which are caused by environmental pollutants, but also provides platforms which would introduce bio-markers into ecological risk assessment. Progress, technical support, mode species and application in risk assessment of ecotoxicogenomics are discussed in this paper. We look forward to the further development of ecotoxicogenomics in China.