Effects of the antiandrogens, vinclozolin and cyproterone acetate on gonadal development in the Japanese medaka (Oryzias latipes)

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 391-403

  Kiparissis, Yiannis ^a   Metcalfe, Tracy L ^a   Balch, Gordon C ^a   Metcalfe, Chris D ^a  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antiandrogens; Cyproterone acetate; Reproductive development; Testis ova; Vinclozolin

Indexed keywords

ANTIANDROGEN; CYPROTERONE ACETATE; FUNGICIDE; VINCLOZOLIN;

ACETATE; FUNGICIDE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMAL TISSUE; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; FEMALE; FISH; GAMETOGENESIS; GONAD; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; HISTOLOGY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY; OVARY FOLLICLE ATRESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANDROGEN ANTAGONISTS; ANIMALS; CYPROTERONE; FEMALE; FUNGICIDES, INDUSTRIAL; GAMETOGENESIS; HERMAPHRODITISM; LARVA; MALE; ORYZIAS; OVARY; OXAZOLES; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEX RATIO; TESTIS;

LATIPES; ORYZIAS LATIPES;

EID: 0038060708     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-445X(02)00189-3     Document Type: Article

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