Disruption of adult expression of sexually selected traits by developmental exposure to bisphenol A

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue 28, 2011, Pages 11715-11720

  Jašarevića, Eldin ^a   Sieli, Paizlee T ^a   Twellman, Erin E ^a   Welsh Jr , Thomas H ^b   Schachtman, Todd R ^a   Roberts, R Michael ^a,c   Geary, David C ^a   Rosenfeld, Cheryl S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of Missouri   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognition; Mate choice; Sex differences; Sexual selection; Spatial abilities

Indexed keywords

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; CORTICOSTERONE; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; MALE; MATE CHOICE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NONHUMAN; PEROMYSCUS; PHENOTYPE; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SEX RATIO; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; ANXIETY; CORTICOSTERONE; ETHINYL ESTRADIOL; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MATING PREFERENCE, ANIMAL; MEMORY; PEROMYSCUS; PHENOLS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMALIA; PEROMYSCUS; PEROMYSCUS MANICULATUS;

EID: 79961013983     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1107958108     Document Type: Article

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