Biased sex ratio in the European eel (Anguilla anguilla) swim-bladder parasite Anguillicola crassus, experimentally induced by 11-ketotestosterone

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 956-958

  Fazio, G ^a   Mone H ^a   Mouahid, G ^a   Sasal, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

11 OXOTESTOSTERONE; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR;

EEL; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; HORMONE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; INVASIBILITY; NEMATODE; SEX RATIO; STEROID;

ANGUILLICOLA CRASSUS; ARTICLE; EEL; FEMINIZATION; HORMONE ACTION; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOLOGY; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; POLLUTANT; SEX RATIO; VIRILIZATION;

ANGUILLA ANGUILLA; ANGUILLICOLA CRASSUS;

EID: 51449107620     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-1486.1     Document Type: Article

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