Sex reversal effects on Caiman latirostris exposed to environmentally relevant doses of the xenoestrogen bisphenol A

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 133, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 287-296

  Stoker, C ^a   Rey, F ^a   Rodriguez, H ^a   Ramos, J G ^a   Sirosky, P ^b   Larriera, A ^b   Luque, E H ^a   Munoz De Toro M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL LITORAL   (Argentina)

^b Proyecto Yacare   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Bisphenol A; Caiman latirostris; Crocodilian; Endocrine disruptors; Sex reversal; Xenoestrogen

Indexed keywords

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; ESTRADIOL;

ALLIGATOR; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GONAD; HISTOLOGY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX TRANSFORMATION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

CAIMAN LATIROSTRIS;

EID: 0042237001     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-6480(03)00199-0     Document Type: Article

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