Effects of cadmium on growth, metamorphosis and gonadal sex differentiation in tadpoles of the African clawed frog, Xenopus laevis

Chemosphere

Volumn 76, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1048-1055

  Sharma, Bibek ^a   Patiño, Reynaldo ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Cadmium; Metamorphosis; Sex differentiation; Sex ratio

Indexed keywords

MAMMALS;

AFRICAN CLAWED FROG; AMPHIBIAN; CD CONCENTRATIONS; INHIBITORY EFFECT; METAMORPHOSIS; POST-FERTILIZATION; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEX RATIOS;

CADMIUM;

CADMIUM;

CADMIUM; FROG; GROWTH RESPONSE; HISTOLOGY; METAMORPHOSIS; MORTALITY; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SEX RATIO; SURVIVAL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CADMIUM POISONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FEMALE; LEG LENGTH; MALE; METAMORPHOSIS; NONHUMAN; SEX DIFFERENTIATION DISORDER; SEX RATIO; SURVIVAL RATE; TADPOLE; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; MAMMALIA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; CADMIUM; LARVA; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEX RATIO; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 67651172801     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2009.04.043     Document Type: Article

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