Reversibility of estrogenic sex changes in zebrafish (Danio rerio)

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1783-1785

  Larsen, Mia G ^a   Bilberg, Katrine ^a   Baatrup, Erik ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

17 ethinylestradiol; Courtship behavior; Danio rerio; Endocrine disruption; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

CLEAN WATERS; COURTSHIP BEHAVIOR; DANIO RERIO; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTION; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; FERTILIZATION RATES; SEX RATIOS; ZEBRAFISH;

ESTROGEN; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; WATER;

COURTSHIP; CYPRINID; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SEX RATIO; SEX REVERSAL;

ADULTHOOD; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; COURTSHIP; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEX RATIO; SEX TRANSFORMATION; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; ETHINYL ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; MALE; PHENOTYPE; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ZEBRAFISH;

DANIO RERIO;

EID: 69049106482     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/08-563.1     Document Type: Article

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