Reduction in penis size and plasma testosterone concentrations in juvenile alligators living in a contaminated environment

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 32-42

  Guillette Jr , Louis J ^a   Pickford, Daniel B ^a   Crain, D Andrew ^a   Rooney, Andrew A ^a   Percival, H Franklin ^b  

^a University of Florida ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; CHLORPHENOTANE; TESTOSTERONE;

ALLIGATOR; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; MALE; NONHUMAN; PENIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 0029923149     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gcen.1996.0005     Document Type: Article

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