The Effects of Vinclozolin, an Anti-Androgenic Fungicide, on Male Guppy Secondary Sex Characters and Reproductive Success

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1951-1956

  Bayley, Mark ^a   Larsen, Peter Foged ^a   Bækgaard, Henrik ^a   Baatrup, Erik ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Behavior; Fertilization; Male sexual function; Sperm; Steroid hormones

Indexed keywords

ANTIANDROGEN; FUNGICIDE; VINCLOZOLIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FISH; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE PROCEDURES; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SPERM;

ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FUNGICIDES, INDUSTRIAL; LITTER SIZE; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; OXAZOLES; PATERNAL EXPOSURE; POECILIA; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPERM COUNT;

ANIMALIA; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; POECILIA; POECILIA RETICULATA;

EID: 0344306680     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.103.017780     Document Type: Article

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