Effects of waterborne exposure of octylphenol and oestrogen on pregnant viviparous eelpout (Zoarces viviparus) and her embryos in ovario

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 205, Issue 24, 2002, Pages 3857-3876

  Rasmussen, Tina H ^a   Andreassen, Thomas K ^a   Pedersen, Søren N ^a   Van der Ven, Leo T M ^b   Bjerregaard, Poul ^a   Korsgaard, Bodil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Alkylphenol; Development; Eelpout; Embryo; Endocrine disrupter; Fish; Gonad; Histology; Immunohistochemistry; Maternal foetal relationship; Oestrogen; Oestrogen receptor; Sex differentiation; Vitellogenin mRNA; Viviparous; Xeno oestrogen; Zoarces viviparus

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BODY FLUIDS; CALCIUM; EMBRYO; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; GONADS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INTESTINES; LIVER; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; PERCIFORMES; PHENOLS; PREGNANCY; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; STATISTICS; VITELLOGENINS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

LYCODES TOYAMENSIS; VIVIPARUS; ZOARCES VIVIPARUS; ZOARCIDAE;

EID: 0036937172     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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