Environmentally relevant concentrations of ethynylestradiol cause female-biased sex ratios in Xenopus tropicalis and Rana temporaria

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1005-1009

  Pettersson, Irina ^a   Berg, Cecilia ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Endocrine disruption; Estrogen; Gonadal differentiation; Test system

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; IMPURITIES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TOXICITY;

AMPHIBIANS; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTION; ESTROGEN; GONADAL DIFFERENTIATION; TEST SYSTEMS;

ANIMALS;

ETHINYLESTRADIOL;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; FEMALE; FROG; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; REPRODUCTION; SEX RATIO; TOXICITY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FROG; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MALE; METAMORPHOSIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SEWAGE EFFLUENT; SEX RATIO; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SURVIVAL RATE; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ETHINYL ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; LARVA; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RANIDAE; SEX RATIO; TIME FACTORS; XENOPUS;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; RANA TEMPORARIA; XENOPUS TROPICALIS;

EID: 34249017286     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/06-464R.1     Document Type: Article

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