The effects of methyltestosterone on the sexual development and reproduction of adult medaka (Oryzias latipes)

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 37-46

  Kang, Ik Joon ^a   Yokota, Hirofumi ^b   Oshima, Yuji ^a   Tsuruda, Yukinari ^a   Shimasaki, Yohei ^a   Honjo, Tsuneo ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CHEMICALS EVALUATION AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Androgenic compound; Masculinization; Medaka; Reproduction; Testis ova; Transgenerational effects

Indexed keywords

METHYLTESTOSTERONE; VITELLOGENIN;

ADULT; ANDROGEN; BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DRUG; FECUNDITY; FERTILITY; FISH; MASCULINIZATION; REPRODUCTION; TESTOSTERONE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GONAD; HATCHING; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MATING; MENTAL CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; ORYZIAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SURVIVAL RATE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GONADS; LIVER; MALE; METHYLTESTOSTERONE; ORYZIAS; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; TIME FACTORS; VITELLOGENINS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ORYZIAS LATIPES; ORYZIINAE;

EID: 40849083254     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2008.01.010     Document Type: Article

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