Effects of in ovo exposure to imazalil and atrazine on sexual differentiation in chick gonads

Poultry Science

Volumn 85, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1641-1647

  Matsushita, S ^a   Yamashita, J ^b   Iwasawa, T ^a   Tomita, T ^b   Ikeda, M ^b,c  

^a Shizuoka Swine and Poultry Experiment Center   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHIZUOKA   (Japan)

^c HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aromatase; Atrazine; Chick; Imazalil; Sexual differentiation

Indexed keywords

GALLUS GALLUS; SPONDIAS PURPUREA;

EID: 33748539669     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: 15253171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/85.9.1641     Document Type: Article

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