Developmental alterations as a result of in ovo exposure to the pesticide metabolite p,p′-DDE in Alligator mississippiensis

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 144, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 257-263

  Milnes, Matthew R ^a,b   Bryan, Teresa A ^a   Medina, Jennifer Gates ^a   Gunderson, Mark P ^a   Guillette Jr , Louis J ^a  

^a 223 Bartram Hall ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alligator; Aromatase; DDE; Development; Endocrine disruption; Sex determination; Steroids

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; ANDROGEN; AROMATASE; ESTRADIOL; PESTICIDE; TESTOSTERONE;

ALLIGATOR; ALLIGATOR MISSISSIPPIENSIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPITHELIUM CELL; ESTROGEN RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GONAD; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; HEIGHT; MALE; METABOLITE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; ORGAN SIZE; PENIS; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX RATIO; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TISSUE; UTERINE TUBE MUCOSA;

EID: 27744463187     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2005.06.013     Document Type: Article

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