An environmentally relevant endocrine-disrupting antiandrogen, vinclozolin, affects calling behavior of male Xenopus laevis

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 653-659

  Hoffmann, Frauke ^a   Kloas, Werner ^a,b  

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

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Antiandrogen; Calling behavior; Endocrine disrupting compounds; Vinclozolin; Xenopus laevis

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANTIANDROGEN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; VINCLOZOLIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CLICK; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HORMONAL REGULATION; MALE; MATING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL AROUSAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOUTH AFRICA; VOCALIZATION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANDROGEN ANTAGONISTS; ANIMALS; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; FUNGICIDES, INDUSTRIAL; MALE; OXAZOLES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 77956271122     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2010.06.008     Document Type: Article

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