Reproduction, larval growth, and reproductive development in African clawed frogs (Xenopus laevis) exposed to atrazine

Chemosphere

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 546-552

  Du Preez, Louis H ^a   Kunene, Nisile ^a   Everson, Gideon J ^a   Carr, James A ^b   Giesy, John P ^c,d,e   Gross, Timothy S ^f   Hosmer, Alan J ^g   Kendall, Ronald J ^b   Smith, Ernest E ^b   Solomon, Keith R ^h   Van Der Kraak, Glen J ^h  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^e MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^g SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atrazine; Testicular ovarian follicles; Transgenerational effects; Xenopus laevis

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); GROWTH KINETICS; HERBICIDES; POPULATION STATISTICS;

TESTICULAR OVARIAN FOLLICLES; TRANSGENERATIONAL EFFECTS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES;

ATRAZINE;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); GROWTH KINETICS; HERBICIDES; LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; POPULATION STATISTICS;

ATRAZINE; CLUTCH SIZE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FITNESS; FROG; GAMETOGENESIS; HATCHING; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; METAMORPHOSIS; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEX RATIO; SPAWNING;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FEMALE; HATCHING; LARVAL STAGE; MALE; METAMORPHOSIS; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE; REPRODUCTION; SEX RATIO; SPAWNING; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; ATRAZINE; FEMALE; HERBICIDES; LARVA; MALE; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; REPRODUCTION; TESTIS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANURA; XENOPUS LAEVIS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 43049122181     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2007.09.051     Document Type: Article

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