Sex-specific vitellogenin production in immature rainbow trout

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 2361-2363

  Carlson, David B ^a   Williams, David E ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Endocrine disruption; Sex difference; Trout; Vitellogenin; Xenoestrogens

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; VITELLOGENIN; XENOBIOTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; LIPOPROTEIN SYNTHESIS; LIVER LEVEL; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RAINBOW TROUT; SEX DIFFERENCE; WASTE WATER; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALIA; MYKISS; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; SALMONIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032848334     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(1999)018<2361:SSVPII>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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