Potential ecotoxic effects of polychlorinated biphenyls on Xenopus laevis

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 2573-2578

  Qin, Zhan Fen ^a   Zhou, Jing Ming ^a   Cong, Lin ^a   Xu, Xiao Bai ^a  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Amphibian population; Gonad; Malformation; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Xenopus laevis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; ECOLOGY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HISTOLOGY; TOXICITY;

AMPHIBIAN POPULATION; GONAD; MALFORMATION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

ALCIAN BLUE; AROCLOR; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ABNORMALITY; AMPHIBIAN; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; ECOTOXICOLOGY; PCB;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICITY; FEMALE; FORELIMB; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; HUMERUS; LIMB MALFORMATION; MALE; METAMORPHOSIS; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; SHOULDER; SPERMATOGONIUM; SPERMATOZOON ABNORMALITY; TADPOLE; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ABNORMALITIES; ANIMALS; FEMALE; FORELIMB; GONADS; LARVA; MALE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 26844434983     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/05-160R.1     Document Type: Article

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