Effects of environmentally relevant concentrations of atrazine on gonadal development of snapping turtles (Chelydra serpentina)

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 520-526

  De Solla, Shane R ^a   Martin, Pamela A ^a   Fernie, Kimberly J ^a   Park, Brad J ^b   Mayne, Gregory ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b FRESHWATER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atrazine; Gonadal development; Snapping turtles; Thyroid

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ENZYME KINETICS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HISTOLOGY; SOILS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

ATRAZINE; GONADAL DEVELOPMENT; SNAPPING TURTLES; THYROID;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

ANDROGEN; AROMATASE; ATRAZINE; ESTROGEN; HERBICIDE;

ATRAZINE; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; TURTLE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHELYDRA SERPENTINA; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYME INDUCTION; ESTROGEN SYNTHESIS; FEMALE; FEMINIZATION; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THYROID GLAND; TURTLE;

ANIMALS; AROMATASE; ATRAZINE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYME INDUCTION; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HERBICIDES; MALE; OOCYTES; OVUM; TEMPERATURE; TESTIS; TURTLES;

ANIMALIA; CHELYDRA SERPENTINA; CHELYDRIDAE; TESTUDINES; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 31144444252     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/05-165R.1     Document Type: Article

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