Effects of larval-juvenile treatment with perchlorate and co-treatment with thyroxine on zebrafish sex ratios

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 150, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 486-494

  Mukhi, Sandeep ^a   Torres, Leticia ^a   Patiño, Reynaldo ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Perchlorate; Sex ratio; Thyroid hormone; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

PERCHLORATE; THYROID HORMONE; THYROXINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXPOSURE VARIABLE; FEMALE; FEMINIZATION; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; GROWTH; GROWTH CURVE; HISTOLOGY; JUVENILE; LARVA; MALE; METAMORPHOSIS; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; SPERMATOGENESIS; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ZEBRA FISH;

EID: 33846020930     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2006.11.013     Document Type: Article

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