Fecundity, 17β-estradiol concentrations and expression of vitellogenin and estrogen receptor genes throughout the ovarian cycle in female Eastern mosquitofish from three lakes in Florida

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 245-255

  Kristensen, T ^a,b   Edwards, T M ^b   Kohno, S ^b   Baatrup, E ^a   Guillette Jr , L J ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Endocrine disruption; Estrogen receptor; Fecundity; Mosquitofish; Population level; Vitellogenin

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; GENE PRODUCT; VITELLOGENIN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; FRESH WATER; PESTICIDE; PRIMER DNA;

BIOMARKER; CYPRINID; DDT; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; FECUNDITY; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LAKE POLLUTION; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PROTEIN; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE; REPRODUCTIVE DISORDER; XENOBIOTICS;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ER ALPHA GENE; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FISH; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; MALE; METABOLITE; MOSQUITO FISH; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY CYCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECEPTOR GENE; REPRODUCTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; VTG A GENE; VTG B GENE; VTG C GENE; WATER CONTAMINATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; BIOSYNTHESIS; BODY SIZE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; DRUG EFFECT; FERTILITY; GENETICS; LIVER; PHYSIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANT;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; LAKE APOPKA; LAKE ORANGE; LAKE WOODRUFF; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; GAMBUSIA AFFINIS; GAMBUSIA HOLBROOKI;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; DNA PRIMERS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FLORIDA; FRESH WATER; GENE EXPRESSION; LIVER; MALE; PESTICIDES; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; VITELLOGENINS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 33847142394     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2006.12.005     Document Type: Article

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