Effects of cadmium, estradiol-17β and their interaction on gonadal condition and metamorphosis of male and female African clawed frog, Xenopus laevis

Chemosphere

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 499-505

  Sharma, Bibek ^a   Patiño, Reynaldo ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Cadmium; Estradiol 17 ; Metamorphosis; Sex ratio

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; CADMIUM;

AFRICAN CLAWED FROG; AMPHIBIAN; FEMINIZING EFFECTS; INTERACTION EFFECT; METAMORPHOSIS; POST-FERTILIZATION; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEX RATIOS;

ORGANIC SOLVENTS;

ALCOHOL; CADMIUM; ESTRADIOL;

CADMIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FEMINIZATION; FROG; GROWTH RESPONSE; INHIBITOR; METAMORPHOSIS; MORTALITY; SEX HORMONE; SEX RATIO; SKEWNESS; SURVIVAL;

ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CONDUCTANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMINIZATION; FERTILIZATION; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; HINDLIMB; MALE; METAMORPHOSIS; MORPHOLOGY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PH; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEX RATIO; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME; WATER QUALITY; WEIGHT REDUCTION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 77949489827     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2010.02.044     Document Type: Article

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