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Acknowledgements We thank B. Lahner, E. Yakubova and S. Rikiishi for ICP-MS analysis, N. Komiyama, Iowa State University Plant Transformation Facility and Prashant Hosmani for generation of transgenic rice, K. Wang for providing pTF101.1 vector and N. Verbruggen for providing pYES2 and pYEC2/CT-GFP vectors. We also thank Rice T-DNA Insertion Sequence Database center for providing the T-DNA insertion line and X. Wang, T. Zheng and Z. Li for accessing 3 K rice genome sequence, and Graeme Paton for helpful discussions on Cu bioavailability in water-logged soils. This research was supported by a Grant-in-Aid for Specially promoted Research (JSPS KAKENHI Grant Number 16H06296 to J.F.M), and the US National Science Foundation, Plant Genome Research Program (Grant #IOS 0701119 to D.E.S., M.L.G. and S.R.M.P.).

Possible link between Hg and Cd accumulation in the brain of long-finned pilot whales (Globicephala melas)

Copyright © 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. Acknowledgements M. M. Lawan for his helpful discussions about Se and advice on ICP-MS. C. C. Brombach for his introduction to CV-AFS and to D. Bellis for valuable comments and reviewing the English language in the manuscript. ZG would also like to thank the College of Physical Sciences at the University of Aberdeen and Chevron USA for the provided studentship. FLR and AB acknowledge Scottish Marine Animal Stranding Scheme and Marine Scotland for the funding.

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