Effects of steroids and dioxin (2,3,7,8-TCDD) on the developing wolffian ducts of the tiger salamander (Ambystoma tigrinum)

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 141, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-11

  Vajda, Alan M ^a   Norris, David O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambystoma tigrinum; Amphibia; Androgen; Dioxin; Endocrine disruption; Estrogen; Gonaducts; TCDD; Wolffian duct

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; ANDROGEN; ANDROSTANOLONE; ESTRADIOL; STEROID;

AMBYSTOMA TIGRINUM; AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC STRUCTURES; EPITHELIUM CELL; GONAD; HYPERTROPHY; LARVA; MUELLERIAN DUCT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALAMANDER; STEROID THERAPY;

EID: 13544250681     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2004.10.007     Document Type: Article

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