Does atrazine affect larval development and sexual differentiation of south african clawed frogs?

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1163, Issue , 2009, Pages 437-440

  Kloas, Werner ^a   Lutz, Ilka ^a   Urbatzka, Ralph ^a   Springer, Tim ^b   Krueger, Hank ^b   Wolf, Jeffrey ^c   Holden, Larry ^d   Hosmer, Alan ^e  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

^b Wildlife International   (United States)

^c Experimental Pathology Laboratories   (United States)

^d Sielken and Associates   (United States)

^e SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Atrazine; Development; Endocrine disruption; Sexual differentiation

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; ATRAZINE; FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; STEROID 5ALPHA REDUCTASE; STEROID 5ALPHA REDUCTASE S1; STEROID 5ALPHA REDUCTASE S2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; BRAIN LEVEL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FROG; GONAD; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SOUTH AFRICA; TADPOLE;

AMPHIBIA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 65449189787     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2009.04456.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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