Early life progestin exposure causes arrested oocyte development, oviductal agenesis and sterility in adult Xenopus tropicalis frogs

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 103, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 18-24

  Kvarnryd, Moa ^a   Grabic, Roman ^b   Brandt, Ingvar ^a   Berg, Cecilia ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Developmental reproductive toxicity; Endocrine disruption; Levonorgestrel; Oogenesis; Oviduct; Sex differentiation

Indexed keywords

GESTAGEN;

ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; FERTILITY; FROG; METAMORPHOSIS; SPERM; TOXICITY;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE ARREST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; GONADAL AGENESIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INFERTILITY; MALE; MEIOSIS; METAMORPHOSIS; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OVIDUCT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHASE; REPRODUCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; TADPOLE; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION; XENOPUS; XENOPUS TROPICALIS;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; INFERTILITY; MALE; OOCYTES; OVARY; OVIDUCTS; PROGESTINS; REPRODUCTION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; XENOPUS;

ANIMALIA; ANURA; VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS TROPICALIS;

EID: 79952350029     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2011.02.003     Document Type: Article

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