Zebrafish (Danio rerio) as a model organism for investigating endocrine disruption

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - C Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 149, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 187-195

  Segner, Helmut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Endocrine disruption; Model organism; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; SEX HORMONE; VITELLOGENIN;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ECOTOXICOLOGY; FERTILITY; FISH; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOMICS; HOMEOSTASIS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SCREENING; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SPECIES COMPARISON; TOXICITY TESTING; VERTEBRATE; ZEBRA FISH;

DANIO RERIO; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 63749106101     PISSN: 15320456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpc.2008.10.099     Document Type: Review

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