Effects of lifetime chemical inhibition of aromatase on the sexual differentiation, sperm characteristics and fertility of medaka (Oryzias latipes) and zebrafish (Danio rerio)

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 105, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 355-360

  Thresher, Ronald ^a   Gurney, Robert ^a   Canning, Miles ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Estrogen; Fertility; Fish; Reproduction; Sexual differentiation; TBT

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; ESTROGEN; FADROZOLE; TRIBUTYLTIN;

ANDROGEN; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INHIBITION; MASCULINIZATION; PARAMETERIZATION; SEX RATIO; SPERM; STEROID; TRIBUTYLTIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SURVIVAL; CHEMICAL REACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENZYME INHIBITION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION; HATCHING; HORMONE ACTION; MALE; MALE GENITAL TRACT PARAMETERS; MILT VOLUME; NONHUMAN; ORYZIAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; AROMATASE INHIBITORS; FADROZOLE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; MALE; ORYZIAS; REPRODUCTIVE PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPERMATOZOA; TOXICITY TESTS, CHRONIC; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; ZEBRAFISH;

DANIO RERIO; ORYZIAS LATIPES; ORYZIINAE;

EID: 79961008058     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: 18791514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2011.07.008     Document Type: Article

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