The environmental-endocrine basis of gynandromorphism (intersex) in a crustacean

International Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 77-84

  Olmstead, Allen W ^a,b   LeBlanc, Gerald A ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gynandromorphism; Intersex; Juvenoids; Methyl farnesoate; Pyriproxyfen; Sex determination; Terpenoids

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE; METHYLFARNESOATE; PYRIPROXYFEN; SEX HORMONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRUSTACEA; DAPHNIA; DAUGHTER CELL; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; GYNANDROMORPHISM; HERMAPHRODITISM; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HORMONAL REGULATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PROGENY; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX HORMONE DETERMINATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALIA; BRANCHIOPODA; CRUSTACEA; DAPHNIA MAGNA;

EID: 33846913996     PISSN: 14492288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7150/ijbs.3.77     Document Type: Article

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